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		<title>Alcoholism Disease Debate Simplified</title>
		<link>http://amyleecoy.com/blog/2011/05/18/alcoholism-disease-debate-simplified/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 01:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at the image to the left. There are two Amys over there. One Amy has a supremely perfect brain; the other Amy has a slightly impeded brain—a brain predisposed to making impulsive, risky choices that lead to addictive behaviors. Both Amys are feeling terrible; they are both equally in total despair and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Know You’re Okay?*: Reflecting Goodness to Those in Pain</title>
		<link>http://amyleecoy.com/blog/2011/03/17/do-you-know-youre-okay-reflecting-goodness-to-those-in-pain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to my recent article, Dr. Drew Pinsky’s Authoritarian Approach to Charlie Sheen, I received an assortment of comments on the various websites where it was posted. I also received several very personal messages relating to the article. In one message a retired police officer described the difficult position he was in when forced to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Addiction a Disease, a Condition, or a Behavior?</title>
		<link>http://amyleecoy.com/blog/2011/03/10/is-addiction-a-disease-a-condition-or-a-behavior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many people who feel that it helps their addiction-recovery process to think that their addiction is a permanent “disease.” I am not one of those of people. I find it disempowering to think of myself as having a lifelong addiction disease. Typically, people who believe they have the “disease” of addiction also believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authoritarianism in Addiction Recovery Treatment</title>
		<link>http://amyleecoy.com/blog/2011/03/04/authoritarianism-in-addiction-recovery-treatment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://amyleecoy.com/blog/?p=3848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;That&#8217;s my vindication&#8212;is the truth. The truth always wins. It comes out no matter what. No matter what you do, or how many years go by, or how you lie, or be lied against, the truth is going to out.&#8221; &#8212;-Patricia Douglas, rape victim of the 1937 MGM scandal and cover-up revealed by her 65 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AGRO: Helping People Through Recovery, Through Activity</title>
		<link>http://amyleecoy.com/blog/2011/02/28/agro-helping-people-through-recovery-through-activity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Translation: Anglesey and Gwynedd Recovery Organization, Recovery through activity, hope, friendship and determination&#8230; Remember Huw, who left a comment on my last post? Last night he sent me some information on the recovery charity he co-founded last year in Wales, The Anglesey and Gwynedd Recovery Organization (AGRO). Huw sent me the information in Welsh (which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charlie Sheen; Celebrities In Addiction News; 12-Step Recovery Myth</title>
		<link>http://amyleecoy.com/blog/2011/02/26/charlie-sheen-celebrities-in-addiction-news-12-step-recovery-myth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlie Sheen&#8217;s recent appearance in the news criticizing Alcoholics Anonymous has caused yet another flurry of activity in my email, cell phone and sleeping life: He&#8217;s crazy; No, he&#8217;s right!; What do you think, Amy?; Post something about it; Agree with me!; No! Agree with me! Uhgh. Every time a celebrity makes headlines with their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wildest Dreams Do Come True&#8230; Outta My Way AA</title>
		<link>http://amyleecoy.com/blog/2011/02/15/wildest-dreams-come-true-outta-my-way-aa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever had one of your wildest dreams actually come true?  When I was five years old I had the &#8220;wild&#8221; dream of living with my mother again. For years I was told that was never going to happen and that it could only ever be a fantasy. But, six years later, I found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Shelter, My New Project, Dr. Gabor Maté: Seeking True Change</title>
		<link>http://amyleecoy.com/blog/2011/01/30/beyond-shelter-my-new-project-dr-gabor-mate-seeking-true-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 09:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hooray, Beyond Shelter!! (Beyond Rehab&#8230; ring a bell?) &#8220;Beyond Shelter is a non-profit organization founded in 1988 in response to increasing numbers of homeless families in Los Angeles and the need for a more comprehensive approach to serving them.&#8221; That is what I&#8217;ve been saying about drug and alcohol addiction, drug and alcohol rehabs: We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addiction and Loss</title>
		<link>http://amyleecoy.com/blog/2011/01/10/interview_excerpt_addiction_and_loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Other Side Of the Fence I&#8217;ve been asked to take part in a new book on addiction recovery. Here is a portion of my answer to a question regarding &#8220;loss&#8221; due to addiction and also the &#8220;threat of loss&#8221; as a motivator for change. &#8220;There are so many things I missed out on because of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking with Go Go Rach and Alex Crabtree on &#8220;Extreme Writing Now&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://amyleecoy.com/blog/2010/12/27/amyleecoygogorachalexcrabtreeextremewritingnow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go Go Rach and Alex Crabtree invited me to Extreme Writing Now to talk about my AA Alternative self-help/memoir, From Death Do I Part: How I Freed Myself From Addiction. Listen below. (check out Go Go Rach @ www.gogorach.com!)]]></description>
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