Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS) is a nonprofit network of autonomous, non-professional local groups. It’s sole purpose is to help individuals achieve and maintain abstinence. It can be from alcoholism, drug addiction or food addiction. SOS credits individuals for achieving and maintaining their own abstinence. Secular Organizations for Sobriety does not compete with any other recovery …
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LifeRing for Alcoholism Recovery: Free and Effective
LifeRing for alcoholism believes in you. It believes that people DO have the power to overcome alcoholism. The program is free and also helpful for drug addiction. LifeRing believes that every alcoholic has the power to achieve lasting sobriety. It’s hard. There are often setbacks. But in every alcoholic there exists the desire to find …
Women for Sobriety Alcoholism Self-Help Treatment
Women for Sobriety alcoholism self-help treatment is a popular option. It is free and effective. Women for Sobriety is a non-profit organization that helps women overcome addictions. The problem can be alcohol or other substances. Established in 1976, it is the only national self-help program for women only. It addresses the special needs of women …
Effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): Important to Know
The effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is very important to know. That’s because AA is the biggest and best-known alcohol abstinence program in the world. I. About Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) The first AA group was co-founded in 1935 at Akron, Ohio. One co-founders was a traveling salesman, Bill W. The other was a proctologist, Dr. …
SMART Recovery: Self-Management and Recovery Training
SMART Recovery (Self-Management and Recovery Training). This is a free addiction recovery support group network. It teaches self-empowerment based on scientific principles and evidence. SMART sponsors both face-to-face group meetings and daily on-line meetings. The recovery program helps people overcome all forms of addictive behaviors. This includes those involving, alcohol, drugs, gambling, shopping, sex, and …
Allied Forces for Prohibition: Defending Prohibition
Allied Forces The Allied Forces for Prohibi tion was an organization of 29 temperance groups. The groups united in 1928.(1) They did so in the face of increasing calls for the modification or repeal of National Prohibition. By 1932, the Allied Forces claimed to have 1,000,000 adherents.”(2) Rev. Daniel A. Poling headed it. When the …
World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union: Prohibition for the World
The World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WWCTU) began in 1883. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) organized it. The intent was to coordinate the work of WCTU chapters (unions) around the world. The first convention of the World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was in 1891. By then, WCTU unions existed in over 40 countries and …
Temperance Organizations Around the World: Timeline
Temperance organizations around the world are listed by date of founding. All are non-governmental (NGOs). However, branches of international organizations are not listed. There are three sections of information. I. Temperance Organizations around the World. II. Index of Temperance Organizations by Location. III. Resources for More Information Want more information about specific temperance organizations …
International Blue Cross is a Major Temperance Organization
The International Blue Cross is legally the International Federation of the the Blue Cross (IFBC). It’s members are 41 national interdenominational Christian organizations. The International Blue Cross serves as an umbrella. Its mission focuses on reducing alcohol consumption and illicit drug use. The Blue Cross was established in Bern, Switzerland, in 1886. That was during …
American Medical Society for the Study of Alcohol and Other Narcotics
The American Medical Society for the Study of Alcohol and Other Narcotics was formed by a merger. It was between the American Medical Temperance Association and the American Association for the Study and Cure of Inebriety. There had been much overlap in both membership and activities of the two groups. In 1904, the decision was …