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Volunteers Needed for Peer Alternatives for Addiction 2 (PAL2) Study

A research team at the Alcohol Research Group, which conducted the groundbreaking Peer Alternatives for Addiction (PAL) Study, has received federal funding for a larger and more detailed follow-up study. We hope you will participate. The original PAL study examined the effectiveness of several mutual-help groups, including LifeRing, SMART Recovery, Women for Sobriety,

Monday Thoughts 11/1/2021

“A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.” ~~Liberty Hyde Bailey “The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.” ~~Denis Waitley “But I have

Monday Thoughts 10/25/2021

“The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.” ~~C. Joybell C. “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.” ~~Brené Brown “You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it’s enough.

Monday Thoughts 10/18/2021

“I encourage people to remember that “no” is a complete sentence.” ~~Gavin de Becker “To be aggressive is to decide for others. To be assertive is to decide for yourself. And to trust that there is enough, that you are enough.” ~~Edith Eva Eger “Assertiveness is not what you do,

New Meeting – Chicago, IL (Fridays)

WFS is proud to announce the start of a new face-to-face meeting! Chicago, IL Fridays 9:00 am Please email [email protected] with questions and to obtain the exact location/details of the meeting. Please join us in extending our gratitude to the volunteer Certified Facilitator who has made the commitment to bring

New Meeting – Chicago, IL (Thursdays)

WFS is proud to announce the start of a new face-to-face meeting! Chicago, IL Thursdays 6:30 pm Start Date: 10/14/2021 Please email [email protected] with questions and to obtain the exact location/details of the meeting. Please join us in extending our gratitude to the volunteer Certified Facilitator who has made the

Monday Thoughts 10/11/2021

“Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.” ~~Rasheed Ogunlaru “You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded

Monday Thoughts 10/4/2021

“You are not your feelings. You just experience them. Anger, sadness, hate, depression, fear. This is the rain you walk in. But you don’t become the rain. You know the rain will pass. You walk on. And you remember the soft glow of the sun that will come again.” ~~Matt

Monday Thoughts 9/27/2021

“A part of me wants to keep my eyes closed and pull the covers over my head, block out the light trying to be turned on in my room…. a part of me is so afraid to open my eyes because the very nature of waking up is to be