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SOS Newsletter
Winter - 2012
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Collectors Edition

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Agent Orange

of the

Orange Papers


 
            

General Principles of SOS

All those who sincerely seek sobriety are welcome as members in any SOS Group.
SOS is not a spin-off of any religious or secular group. There is no hidden agenda, as SOS is concerned with achieving and maintaining sobriety (abstinence).
SOS seeks only to promote sobriety amongst those who suffer from addictions. As a group, SOS has no opinion on outside matters and does not wish to become entangled in outside controversy.
Although sobriety is an individual responsibility, life does not have to be faced alone. The support of other alcoholics and addicts is a vital adjunct to recovery. In SOS, members share experiences, insights, information, strength, and encouragement in friendly, honest, anonymous, and supportive group meetings.
To avoid unnecessary entanglements, each SOS group is self-supporting through contributions from its members and refuses outside support.
Sobriety is the number one priority in a recovering person’s life. As such, he or she must abstain from all drugs or alcohol.
Honest, clear, and direct communication of feelings, thoughts, and knowledge aids in recovery and in choosing nondestructive, nondelusional, and rational approaches to living sober and rewarding lives.
As knowledge of addiction might cause a person harm or embarrassment in the outside world, SOS guards the anonymity of its membership and the contents of its discussions from those not within the group.
SOS encourages the scientific study of addiction in all its aspects. SOS does not limit its outlook to one area of knowledge or theory of addiction.

  
     
Alex Cohen meets Stephen Rafferty
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Sobriety without God

 Religion often plays a big role in the 12 steps to sobriety offered by Alcoholics Anonymous. But some people looking to overcome addiction aren't comfortable with AA's religious overtones.

Alex Cohen meets Stephen Rafferty, who found sobriety without God in a group called SOS, Save our Selves.  Bill then discusses the role of spirituality in the treatment of addiction with Mark Willenbring of the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
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Jeremy L. Green SOS speech 08-13-11

Jeremy L. Green SOS speech 08-13-11
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Opening a Meeting
 SOS Meeting printout
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Welcome to SOS my name is _______ . I’ve been asked to moderate tonight’s meeting.

SOS respects recovery in any form, regardless of the path.  It is our hope that you achieve recovery with the path which you choose.  We are not opposed to or in competition with any other recovery support group.

SOS / Save Our Selves is dedicated to providing a path to sobriety that credits the individual.  We respect diversity, welcome healthy skepticism, encourage rational thinking, as well as the expression of our feelings, and we each take responsibility for our individual sobriety daily.

This is a sobriety meeting.  Our focus is on the priority of abstaining from alcohol and other mind-altering drugs.

We Respect the anonymity of each person in this room.  This is a self-help nonprofessional group.  At this meeting we share our experiences, understandings, thoughts and feelings; we are free to form this meeting to meet our needs.

Sobriety is the number-one priority in our life.  In SOS to take control of our new life we abstain from all mind-altering drugs or alcohol.

Religious and nonreligious freedom is practiced here.  We are not against your religious or nonreligious beliefs.  Whatever your religious or nonreligious beliefs are, we are not here to change them.  We hope you will respect the beliefs of each person in this meeting and not preach or promote your personal belief system.  Let’s respect each other.

We have within each of us the power to change.  This is a chance for us to build on the power, to bring positive forces out in the open and watch them grow.  Sobriety is attainable.  The power to become sober is within each of us.

SOS credits the individual for achieving and maintaining his or her own sobriety.  There is no hidden agenda.  This is an abstinence-support group.  I would like to welcome you to your new life where you now have the freedom to live your life alcohol/drug-free.
 I will become the captain of my ship and sail into a new life.
  by Duaine Metevia

  
     
  Press Release
 Religiosity and participation in mutual-aid support groups for addiction
Randolph G. Atkins, Jr., Ph.D. and James E. Hawdon, Ph.D.
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Volume 33, Issue 3, October 2007, Pages 321-331		 Share!
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