12 Step Recovery

Solution News

Happy, Joyous and Always Free!

Recovery

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Links to Recovery Articles, Contributors, Resources and Humor

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Growth

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Links to Growth Articles, Contributors and Resources

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Renewal

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Links to Renewal Articles, Contributors and Inspiration

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The Solution News web site is a compendium of articles and information of interest to people recovering from addiction and anyone interested in positive lifestyle change. Recovery topics include recovery from alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling, co-dependency, eating disorders, sex and love addiction and all addictive and behavioral problems currently being treated by the Twelve Step philosophy. Growth and renewal topics include health and fitness, nutrition, mental and physical health topics as well as spiritual growth and renewal. Included on this site is a collection of information on the history of Alcoholics Anonymous as well as the largest collection of recovery related humor currently available on the Internet. The site provides free information and articles for personal and professional use. 

This website is the internet version of The Solution News a recovery newspaper that has been published in South Florida for over eighteen years.  Over the years the paper has published articles, columns and information of interest to the recovery community in South Florida which has become  “the recovery  capital of America “.  Content has been provided by some of the finest writers in South Florida and the nation. The website has become the archives for The Solution News and has preserved the content to be utilized by anyone, anywhere in the world.

The concept of the site is loosely structured in the style of the magazine The Readers Digest. The Solution News has always been an entertaining and informative combination of strong  informational content balanced by humor and lighter articles with a respect and appreciation for the rich tradition of  Twelve Step fellowships, The purpose is to enlighten and entertain with “love and service” to the recovering community always our primary goal. 

The main objective of this service is to be able to provide this information to anyone who can access the Internet free of charge. Over the years that The Solution News has been published we have printed on our masthead “Happy, Joyous, and Always Free” and the paper has always been given away free of charge to our readers. We will continue to do this with our web site the only exception being that our web site will contain a way that people can subscribe to our hard copy South Florida version of the paper. We want to allow therapists, counselors, treatment centers, half-way houses, students and individuals to access and utilize this information free of charge. This free access to the web site content is made available through the generosity of our web advertisers who represent the finest treatment centers and adjunct services to the recovering community. We are truly grateful for their support of our efforts.

The Solution News web site actively encourages the contribution of articles and information to this site. If you wish to contribute to the site your contribution will provide you with the opportunity to tag you contribution with a short promotional paragraph as well as a link to your site. This provides a no cost way to advertise you or your enterprise. You can submit content by sending a digital file to thesolutionnews@gmail.com

For those who wish to post a banner ad and would like to get rates and specifications you can do so by Contacting the Solution News

We are always seeking web advertisers and are very grateful for their support.

Finally the solution news is not only for people working a recovery program. The site is for anyone seeking a positive lifestyle change. Recovery is just one aspect of our goal to provide information on “Recovery, Growth and Renewal”. The Growth and Renewal aspects will provide information on emotional, physical and spiritual health as well as opportunities for personal growth. We welcome anyone looking for a positive lifestyle change to our site. We hope you find hope, health and humor here and that our content brings you closer to your own personal lifestyle solution.

 

Current Issue (January / February 2010)

 

 

Recovery

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Mark L.

Mark L. has had his own Showtime Special, appeared on Comedy Central, and written and starred in his own one-man theater show, Addicted...a comedy of substance.

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Chef Lester

Ha, ha, ha, and ho, ho, ho, merry friends! Laughter is great. We are at the letter "L" in our "alcronym" recipe for healthy recovery: N.A.L.E.S. (N-utrition, A-ttitude, L-aughter, E-xercise, S-leep.) A sense of humor is a gift from God. Being able to find humor in the gravest of situations can help pull us through them.

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Growth

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  • Inspiration
  • Recovery Humor
  • A.A. History
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         Dave F.

    So we find God everywhere, we listen and he talks to us, we see and we see his work. How I am rewarded every day as I stay open to His presence in my everyday life.

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Renewal

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Father Leo Booth

 

Dynamic, challenging, insightful and witty, Reverend Leo Booth is a minister cut from a very different cloth. He says you don't have to be religious to be spiritual. He's as likely to quote from the Beatles, The Velveteen Rabbit, or Oscar Wilde, as he is from the Bible. His passion is to help people discover that God and spirituality are not "out there" somewhere, but are found within ourselves and our world. ...

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Snow P.

 

Snow P. , BFA, ACC, LCS, CLIA, IATA, IATAN, Notary Public, Ordained Minister, Travel Agent specializing in Gratitude Cruises and vacations for the recovery community and their families. Married 27 years, three children, sober 34 years (God willing, March 7)...

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