Sorry. Not me. I for one didn't vote you being the tree-hugging/stinky-ass/goddamned dirty hippy/anti-american dictator of what context we trolls decide to share in our so very enlightening posts. My first posts will be dubbed whatever my pea-brain can conjure. Have a nice day!
Have some balls man! Don't do a FP with a "?" !!!
Sure, you got 1st pist, but the whole '?' thing is a cowardly way out of looking like a dork when you might have lost to one of the more leet 1st posting gentlemen/women.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: WHO BENEFITS?
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is the most popular self-help organization for individuals with alcohol-related problems. This includes both alcohol-dependent and, to a lesser extent, alcohol-abusing drinkers. For any people, self-help through AA is the only alcoholism treatment they receive. Other members join the fellowship before entering professional reatment or are introduced to AA as a component of their professional treatment. Attendance at AA also commonly is recommended as after- care following professional treatment. Yet experience shows that not all clients benefit from AA to the same extent. Therefore, two questions arise: Who does well in AA, and why do these people succeed?
These questions do not have simple answers, however, because outcome (i.e., reduction of drinking or improvement of psychological and social characteristics) associated with AA, as with any kind of alcoholism treatment, is influenced by many characteristics of the clients and the AA groups. For example, the success of AA participation depends not only on an individual's initial decision to attend AA but also on the degree of his or her involvement in AA (e.g., frequency of attendance at meetings, "sharing" at meetings, or serving as or having an AA sponsor). Even similar levels of AA involvement may result in different outcomes for different people, depending on the individual' s characteristics and experiences with professional treatment.
Despite four decades of AA research, no clear picture has emerged as to which patient characteristics can predict a positive outcome with AA and, therefore, can be used as criteria for matching patients to AA. This is due in part to the limitations and variability of methodological approaches used in the studies. Most investigators recruit their samples from patients in inpatient or outpatient treatment settings. Some studies retrospectively analyze patients with previous AA experience to identify personal characteristics that predicted AA involvement. In other studies, patients are monitored after professional treatment to determine which characteristics may motivate them to join AA and how AA affiliation influences outcome. In both approaches, the kind and impact of the professional treatment often is ignored. Other confounding factors in research about AA include an incomplete understanding of processes within AA and differences among various AA groups.
To date, only three randomized clinical trials have examined the efficacy of AA participation, either with or without additional simultaneous treatment approaches (Ditman et al. 1967; Brandsma et al. 1980; Walsh et al. 1991). The vast majority of AA studies, however, have focused on two narrower questions: Which factors predict whether a person will join AA? And how does involvement in AA predict outcome? In an attempt to answer these two questions, Emrick and colleagues (1993) reviewed 107 previously published AA studies. Although their analysis provided estimates of the magnitude of the relationships determining AA affiliation and drinking outcome, it also acknowledged that many relationships may differ when study findings are grouped by client characteristics. Tonigan and colleagues (1994) extended the initial analyses by taking into account factors such as sample gender and origin (i.e., inpatient versus outpatient). This article integrates the findings of these two reviews and concludes with recommendations for future research of AA.
WHO JOINS AA?
To determine which drinkers were most likely to join AA, Emrick and colleagues (1993) reviewed 33 studies[1] that addressed this question, analyzing 31 demographic and drinking-related client characteristics. The characteristic most strongly correlated with joining AA was the drinkers' previous u
Oh, Phlegm, how noble art thou, sir
When in morn' you make me stir.
You fuel my hack and fill my cough.
I spit you up into the trough.
A righteous buttery surprise
Phlegm, oh, Phlegm, you fill my eyes.
You coat my lungs and paint my throat.
I sing as sweetly as a goat.
What mysteries lie in your depths -
The smoke from me and hair from pets
Yes, THC and nicotine
And hair from cats (one named Sabine)
Full engorged phagocytes
That had a meal of parasites
And inside all that nasal rot
Are dustmites and some dried up snot
And blood from vessels in my nose
Back out my mouth your banquet goes.
Mostly soft, yet semi hard
Consistency of luke-warm lard
Yellow olive and chartreuse
Ivory-umber, gristle puce
The favorites of the Slug-God spectrum.
So glad you don't come out my rectum.
true facts
1. The god you worship doesn't exsist.
2. Jesus was a person... no more.
3. Dinosaurs actually were here before humans... and there was no adam and
eve.
4. Earth and everything around it has been here for trillions of years, not
a few thousand
5. The bible is actually spelled B-U-Y-B-U-L-L
good day...
Ya' know what? You need to cut out all that childish non-sense mister. Do you think its funny using that type of language? Does it make you feel all grown up? Well, I realize you just need attention and thats why you use that toilet bowl language but if you think that I'm gonna stup to your level and respond to your disgusting first post, you got another thing comin!
..BTW - ACs suck ass.
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Sorry. Not me. I for one didn't vote you being the tree-hugging/stinky-ass/goddamned dirty hippy/anti-american dictator of what context we trolls decide to share in our so very enlightening posts. My first posts will be dubbed whatever my pea-brain can conjure. Have a nice day!
What in the holy fuck are you talking about? One what? Dinglefuck.
Not all men are of goodwill. MAKE WAR!!!!!
Have some balls man! Don't do a FP with a "?" !!! Sure, you got 1st pist, but the whole '?' thing is a cowardly way out of looking like a dork when you might have lost to one of the more leet 1st posting gentlemen/women.
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Thats stupid and gay. I claim FP!!!!
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: WHO BENEFITS?
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is the most popular self-help
organization for individuals with alcohol-related problems. This
includes both alcohol-dependent and, to a lesser extent,
alcohol-abusing drinkers. For any people, self-help through AA is the
only alcoholism treatment they receive. Other members join the
fellowship before entering professional reatment or are introduced to
AA as a component of their professional treatment. Attendance at AA
also commonly is recommended as after- care following professional
treatment. Yet experience shows that not all clients benefit from AA to
the same extent. Therefore, two questions arise: Who does well in AA,
and why do these people succeed?
These questions do not have simple answers, however,
because outcome (i.e., reduction of drinking or improvement of
psychological and social characteristics) associated with AA, as with
any kind of alcoholism treatment, is influenced by many characteristics
of the clients and the AA groups. For example, the success of AA
participation depends not only on an individual's initial decision to
attend AA but also on the degree of his or her involvement in AA (e.g.,
frequency of attendance at meetings, "sharing" at meetings, or
serving as or having an AA sponsor). Even similar levels of AA
involvement may result in different outcomes for different people,
depending on the individual' s characteristics and experiences with
professional treatment.
Despite four decades of AA research, no clear picture
has emerged as to which patient characteristics can predict a positive
outcome with AA and, therefore, can be used as criteria for matching
patients to AA. This is due in part to the limitations and variability
of methodological approaches used in the studies. Most investigators
recruit their samples from patients in inpatient or outpatient
treatment settings. Some studies retrospectively analyze patients
with previous AA experience to identify personal characteristics that
predicted AA involvement. In other studies, patients are monitored
after professional treatment to determine which characteristics may
motivate them to join AA and how AA affiliation influences outcome. In
both approaches, the kind and impact of the professional treatment
often is ignored. Other confounding factors in research about AA
include an incomplete understanding of processes within AA and
differences among various AA groups.
To date, only three randomized clinical trials have
examined the efficacy of AA participation, either with or without
additional simultaneous treatment approaches (Ditman et al. 1967;
Brandsma et al. 1980; Walsh et al. 1991). The vast majority of AA
studies, however, have focused on two narrower questions: Which factors
predict whether a person will join AA? And how does involvement in AA
predict outcome? In an attempt to answer these two questions, Emrick
and colleagues (1993) reviewed 107 previously published AA studies.
Although their analysis provided estimates of the magnitude of the
relationships determining AA affiliation and drinking outcome, it also
acknowledged that many relationships may differ when study findings are
grouped by client characteristics. Tonigan and colleagues (1994)
extended the initial analyses by taking into account factors such as
sample gender and origin (i.e., inpatient versus outpatient). This
article integrates the findings of these two reviews and concludes with
recommendations for future research of AA.
WHO JOINS AA?
To determine which drinkers were most likely to join
AA, Emrick and colleagues (1993) reviewed 33 studies[1] that addressed
this question, analyzing 31 demographic and drinking-related client
characteristics. The characteristic most strongly correlated with
joining AA was the drinkers' previous u
Its hard.
Oh, Phlegm, how noble art thou, sir When in morn' you make me stir. You fuel my hack and fill my cough. I spit you up into the trough. A righteous buttery surprise Phlegm, oh, Phlegm, you fill my eyes. You coat my lungs and paint my throat. I sing as sweetly as a goat. What mysteries lie in your depths - The smoke from me and hair from pets Yes, THC and nicotine And hair from cats (one named Sabine) Full engorged phagocytes That had a meal of parasites And inside all that nasal rot Are dustmites and some dried up snot And blood from vessels in my nose Back out my mouth your banquet goes. Mostly soft, yet semi hard Consistency of luke-warm lard Yellow olive and chartreuse Ivory-umber, gristle puce The favorites of the Slug-God spectrum. So glad you don't come out my rectum.
true facts 1. The god you worship doesn't exsist. 2. Jesus was a person... no more. 3. Dinosaurs actually were here before humans... and there was no adam and eve. 4. Earth and everything around it has been here for trillions of years, not a few thousand 5. The bible is actually spelled B-U-Y-B-U-L-L good day...
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First post - assholes!
So. Yeah. Uhm...hows it feel to not get modded (Score:1, Funny)?
Ya' know what? You need to cut out all that childish non-sense mister. Do you think its funny using that type of language? Does it make you feel all grown up? Well, I realize you just need attention and thats why you use that toilet bowl language but if you think that I'm gonna stup to your level and respond to your disgusting first post, you got another thing comin! . .BTW - ACs suck ass.
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Although I am a proud heteresexual with a healthy active sex life, last night my girl friend stuck her finger in my butt hole. Felt kinda wierd.
My penis hurts.