In a move that threatens to further inflame concerns about the rationing of medical care, the nation's leading association of cancer physicians issued a list on Wednesday of five common tests and treatments that doctors should stop offering to cancer patients.
The list emerged from a two-year effort, similar to a project other medical specialties are undertaking, to identify procedures that do not help patients live longer or better or that may even be harmful, yet are routinely prescribed.
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Today is my birthday. My real birthday,natal birthday. I will never celebrate any other type. No 24 hour,30 day90 day no 6month 1 year etc. I am truly grateful today,as I am everyday. Because gratitude is one of the cornerstones and probably the most imprtant one of my life. Gratitude is really what kept me going in some of my darkest moments. I am grateful that I no longer participate in AA. But I am grateful for so many more things. Too many to mention as they shift all the time as my awareness grows.
Includes such classics as Big Bill Wilson and the Church Basement of Doom, Raiders of the 7th Tradition
and Honey, I've hit the skids!
1) SMART is based on a scientific foundation. The approaches will continue to be adjusted as new evidence emerges.
2) SMART meetings involve discussions. People are engaged in collaborative problem solving.
3) SMART promotes abstinence but doesn't condemn or turn away those seeking to moderate.
4) SMART promotes self-helping action tendencies instead of self-defeating action tendencies.
5) SMART doesn't consder that all addicts are alike. There is no one solution for everyone.
Not exactly AA related, but close enough: "... “the fantasy cycle”. It is a pattern that recurs in personal lives, in politics, in history – and in storytelling. When we embark on a course of action which is unconsciously driven by wishful thinking, all may seem to go well for a time, in what may be called the “dream stage”. But because this make-believe can never be reconciled with reality, it leads to a “frustration stage” as things start to go wrong, prompting a more determined effort to keep the fantasy in being.
Dr. Bob's Home continues on, despite conviction of former operations manager
"Raymond Collins, 48, of Akron was sentenced to two years' probation in January after he pleaded guilty to a charge of grand theft in Summit County Common Pleas Court. Collins, who oversaw the nonprofit's books, took $52,872 from February 2009 through July 2011, Akron police said. He was ordered to make restitution.
I was just looking at the letters and one sentence jumped out. - "AA has BB and 12&12". It was not said as a joke. This is acceptable AA-speak. Just for a bit of fun I thought we could start compiling our own anti-lexicon. Get more meaning into fewer words...lol. You know it makes sense.
My two offerings are becoming firm favorites :-
1 "Billshit" - Usually means rants from The Big Book or 12 and 12, but in a wider context, anything from certifiable Bill W.
Submitted by aasux on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 19:08
my anti aa poem
Free Yourself
why so harshly seek compliance
when the formula is wrong?
all you'll get is my defiance
no dancing to your song.
Freewill has no chance
in your rigid, tiny mind.
some strange and cultish trance
is all you'll ever find.
so thanks for the suggestions
but I'll remain aloof.
when you cannot answer questions
that simply beg the truth.
Submitted by Soberman on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 07:01
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Soberman
Submitted by humanspirit on Sun, 04/01/2012 - 15:06
It seems to be intrinsic to the 12-step philosophy that “alcoholics” have certain spiritual and moral defects that non-addicts do not have, and that any addiction is “but a symptom” of these. This is why the person who has desire to stop drinking for whatever reason and goes to AA is required to dwell on all their bad points and all the things they have ever done wrong in their lives (even if these bad deeds were not related to drinking at all). Clearly this is not helpful or relevant to stopping drinking, but it’s worth examining this strange idea.
Why does a person who drinks too much forget the pain and sickness of the hangover? I would seriously like to know the answer to this. Is it something psychological? The person drinks, feels great when they're drinking, then the next day they're sick and it's awful! Later on, the person feels better so they want to drink again, apparently forgetting how awful it made them feel just hours earlier.
Cushing Teen Freed After Months in Custody
http://www.1600kush.com/story.php?id=4959§ion=1
"Eddie Mathew Wright, 19, had pleaded guilty to possessing a stolen truck, running three roadblocks, endangering the Yale police chief while running a stop sign, offering a bribe and driving on a revoked license.
Submitted by Soberman on Sun, 04/01/2012 - 07:20
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Soberman
2012 Barbados Convention - Eagle Hall, St. Michael, Barbados
5th International Big Book Step Study Convention - St. Augustine, FL
North Florida Area Assembly - 365 Titan Dr., Satellite Beach, FL 32937
46th Area 43 Convention - 1330 Hooksett Rd., Hooksett, NH 03106
Aim for Ames Roundup - Ames, IA 50010
EACYPAA (Eastern Area Convention of Young People in AA)- Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Area 69 Pre-Conference Assembly - 1365 Fort Pierce Dr., Ste. 30, St. George, UT 84790
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