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	Secular Organizations for Sobriety (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety SOS takes a reasonable, secular approach to recovery and maintains that sobriety is a separate issue from religion or spirituality.
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety A non-religious support group for people who want to give up alcohol or drugs.
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety An international network of peer support groups for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Secular_Organizations_for_Sobriety.html (328 words)

	Secular Organizations for Sobriety - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Secular Organizations For Sobriety (SOS), also known as Save Our Selves, is a non-profit network of autonomous self-help groups.
		The program stresses the need to place the highest priority on sobriety and uses mutual support to assist members in achieving this goal.
		The Suggested Guidelines for Sobriety emphasize rational decision-making and are not religious or spiritual in nature.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secular_Organizations_for_Sobriety (110 words)

	Encyclopedia: Secular Organizations for Sobriety
		SOS takes a reasonable, secular approach to recovery and maintains that sobriety is a separate issue from religion or spirituality.
		SOS credits the individual for achieving and maintaining his or her own sobriety, without reliance on any "Higher Power." SOS respects recovery in any form regardless of the path by which it is achieved.
		The Sobriety Priority Sobriety is the number one priority in an alcoholic's or addict's life.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Secular-Organizations-for-Sobriety (927 words)

	Secular Organizations For Sobriety - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety also known as Save Our Selves is dedicated to providing a path to sobriety, an alternative to those paths depending...
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety, Rochester NY Secular Organizations for Sobriety is a non-religious alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous.
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety, founded as a self-help alternative for people with addictions who are uncomfortable with the religious dimensions of Alcoholics Anonymous, celebrated its 20th anniversary last week.
	organizations.fabug.com /index.php?k=secular-organizations-for-sobriety (947 words)

	Women For Sobriety (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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		Sobriety Medallions Article traces the origin of the sobriety anniversary medallion to 1973 and a small mint named Wendell's.
		Women For Sobriety WFS is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women overcome alcoholism and other addictions.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Women_For_Sobriety.html (342 words)

	SOS Rochester: Opening Statement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety, Rochester NY Opening Statement
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety, or Save Our Selves, is dedicated to providing a path to sobriety and is an alternative to those groups that emphasize or depend upon supernatural or religious beliefs.
		We consider sobriety to be a separate issue from religion or spirituality.
	www.sos-rochester.org /opening.html (361 words)

	Council for Secular Humanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Council for Secular Humanism (originally the Council for Democratic and Secular Humanism) is the only exclusively secular humanist organization in the USA.
		The council is based in Amherst, New York, and acts as an umbrella organization for a number of other groups such as the Secular Organizations for Sobriety, African Americans for Humanism, and provides support for Center for Inquiry - On Campus.
		The Council for Secular Humanism with the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) and The Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health are all headquartered at the Center for Inquiry, adjacent to the State University of New York.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Council_for_Secular_Humanism (215 words)

	Alternative (non-12 Step) Recovery Programs
		Incredibly, they claim that RR has the "cure" for addiction, and that the followers of this cult-like organization can be "instantly and permanently cured" of their addictions just by reading the RR website.
		This belief demonstrates that the people who started this organization must never have suffered the pain of living the lives of addicts or alcoholics, since their drinking was merely a "bad habit".
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety can be described as AA with the "God parts" taken out.
	members.aol.com /GlennS1956/non_12.html (2638 words)

	Family & Friends Recovery
		Although sobriety is an individual responsibility the acceptance and help from others in close contact is a vital adjunct to recovery.
		Christopher’s “sobriety priority” approach is reinforced by interviews with addiction experts and moving recovery stories.
		The Cycle of Sobriety: This cycle remains in place only as long as the addicted individual cognitively chooses to acknowledge the existence of his or her addiction.
	www.cfiwest.org /sos/brochures/family.htm (912 words)

	SOS Celebrates 20 Years as AA Alternative \| JoinTogether.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS), founded as a self-help alternative for people with addictions who are uncomfortable with the religious dimensions of Alcoholics Anonymous, celebrated its 20th anniversary last week, the Los Angeles Times reported Aug. 27.
		The group primarily appeals to secular humanists, atheists, and non-Christians who feel that AA's tradition of putting their fate in the hands of a "higher power" is not for them.
		"My sobriety is based not on the existence of SOS or any other entity or higher power but on the recognition that I can't drink or use and get away with it," he said.
	www.jointogether.org /saredirect?Object_ID=578146&Type=sa (303 words)

	Alcohol Abuse
		Mutual help for alcoholics and addicts who want to acknowledge their addiction and maintain sobriety as a separate issue from religion or spirituality.
		Secular community of persons who are building lives free of dependency on alcohol and other drugs.
		We include groups in our database based upon a report of their organizations as being focused upon no-fee mutual aid, i.e., members helping one another.
	my.webmd.com /hw/health_guide_atoz/shc04.asp (1453 words)

	Organizations New York City New York Organizations
		New York - New Jersey Trail Conference - The Trail Conference is a federation of 85+ hiking and environmental organizations and 10,000 individuals dedicated to building and maintaining marked hiking trails and protecting the related openspace in the bi-state region.
		Quality Management Association of New York - The QMA is a group of New York area managers and QA professionals who promote and mange quality within their organizations.
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety - A non-religious support group for people who want to give up alcohol or drugs.
	www.newyork11.com /organizations.htm (272 words)

	Zomd :: Health :: Addictions :: Substance Abuse :: Support Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A non-religious self-help recovery organization for individuals who seek group support to achieve abstinence from alcohol and other addictive drugs.
		Organization whose goal is to provide useful information to make it easier find help.
		A non-profit organization supporting those affected by drug use in the Chippenham area in Wiltshire.
	www.zomd.org /category_7571.html (921 words)

	12 Step Organizations - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Twelve-step programs are non-profit organizations that are made up of peer groups of people who provide emotional and spiritual support for one another.
		As various 12 step organizations and members have come to be, so...
		List of organizations and groups to help people who are in recovery from just about anything...
	organizations.fabug.com /index.php?k=12-step-organizations (1207 words)

	WisBar \| Recovery Programs: Science-Based and Secular Recovery Options
		The organization advocates the appropriate use of prescribed medications and psychological treatments.
		SOS was founded in 1986 by James Christopher, a recovering person who rejected the spiritual tenets of the 12-Step programs but embraced the social support and commitment to abstinence.
		Currently he is working on gaining Public Relations Parity for the various science-based and secular organizations and programs which offer self-help or treatment and he welcomes your referrals.
	www.wisbar.org /AM/PrinterTemplate.cfm?Section=Science_based_and_secular_programs (1087 words)

	overview
		SOS takes a self-empowerment approach to recovery and maintains that sobriety is a separate issue from all else.
		Sobriety is the number one priority in a recovering person’s life.
		The Clearinghouse is a center for the dissemination of information for individuals who may be looking for a secular program of recovery.
	www.secularsobriety.org /overview.html (803 words)

	whatissos
		SOS is a non-profit network of autonomous, non-professional local groups dedicated solely to helping individuals achieve and maintain sobriety.
		Sobriety is the number one priority in an alcoholic's or addict's life.
		The SOS movement began with an article in the Summer 1985 issue of Free Inquiry magazine, the leading secular humanist journal in the country.
	members.tripod.com /SOS-Members/whatissos.htm (1195 words)

	sobriety \| TutorGig.co.uk Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety.
		sobriety n 1: the state of being sober [syn: soberness] [ant: drunkenness] 2: moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or drugs 3: a manner that is serious and solemn [syn: graveness, gravity, soberness, somberness] 4: abstaining from excess [syn: temperance]
		The Glumlot Letters: A Devil's Discourse on Sobriety, Recovery and the..
	www.tutorgig.co.uk /dict.jsp?keywords=sobriety (245 words)

	Humanists and Atheists
		Here are resources related to organizations that are categorized as being secular or humanist or involved with ethical culture.
		CFA is dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of freethought, skepticism, secularism, non-theism and humanism, and to the national consolidation of campus resources for that end.
		The WTA is an international nonprofit membership organization working to promote discussion of the possibilities for overcoming limitations of the human body and for radical improvement of human capacities using genetic, cybernetic and nano technologies.
	www2.sunysuffolk.edu /pecorip/SCCCWEB/ETEXTS/PHIL_of_RELIGION_TEXT/CHAPTER_9_MORALITY_VALUES/Humansts-Atheists.htm (863 words)

	Council for Secular Humanism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Council for Secular Humanism is the only exclusively Secular Humanist organization in the USA.
		The council is based in New York, and acts as an umbrella organization for a number of other groups such asthe Center forInquiry, the Campus Freethought Alliance,and Secular Organizations for Sobriety.
		Unlike the American Humanist Association, The Council for Secular Humanism does not callitself "religious" and has never claimed tax-exemption as a religious organization.
	www.therfcc.org /council-for-secular-humanism-42023.html (117 words)

	NationalDirectory : Health Addictions Substance Abuse Support Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		LifeRing Secular Recovery - A non-religious self-help recovery organization for individuals who seek group support to achieve abstinence from alcohol and other addictive drugs.
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety - SOS takes a reasonable, secular approach to recovery and maintains that sobriety is a separate issue from religion or spirituality.
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety - An international network of peer support groups for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts.
	www.nationaldirectory.com /Health/Addictions/Substance_Abuse/Support_Groups (1372 words)

	Drug Abuse
		The only requirement for membership is the desire to stop using crystal meth, and to stay clean.
		Supports recovery from alcohol or other chemical dependence, either their own or that of a significant other, among social workers (BSW/MSW) or MSW matriculating students.
		Non-profit organization helping those affected by prescription or over the counter addictions with co occurring illnesses.
	www.webmd.com /hw/health_guide_atoz/shc22.asp (1423 words)

	Home Page
		SOS Sobriety is just one web site in the family of SOS web sites.
		is dedicated to providing a path to sobriety, an alternative to those paths depending upon supernatural or religious beliefs.
		Very best wishes to those who choose sobriety and life.
	www.secularsobriety.org (252 words)

	Piety Gets you Sobriety? - Spring 1997
		AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any causes.
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety: Also known as “Save Our Selves,” SOS came into being after James Christopher published an article, “Sobriety Without Superstition,” in the Summer 1985 issue of Free Inquiry, a leading secular humanist magazine.
		The key concept in the SOS paradigm is called the “Sobriety Priority.” SOS small group meetings reinforce this priority by communication between members of their emotions, ideas, and knowledge.
	www.americanatheist.org /spr97/T1/piety.html (5615 words)

	Life Guidance Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people recover from alcoholism and other drug addiction, providing residential and outpatient treatment for adults and young people, programs for families affected by chemical dependency, and training for a variety of professionals.
		The Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS) is an alternative, recovery method for those alcoholics or drug addicts who are uncomfortable with the spiritual content of widely available 12-step programs.
		SMART Recovery is an abstinence-based, not-for-profit organization with a self-help program for people having problems with drinking and using.
	www.lifeguidanceservices.org /links-substance.shtml (749 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - sobriety
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS): recovery from alcoholism
		Secular Organizations for Sobriety/Save Our Selves (SOS), also known as LifeRing Secular Recovery, uses peer-group support to promote abstinence.
		Exclusively for MSN Encarta Premium Subscribers--quickly search thousands of articles from magazines such as Time, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, and Smithsonian.
	encarta.msn.com /sobriety.html (112 words)

	Support Groups Health, Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		LifeRing Secular Recovery A non-religious self-help recovery organization for individuals who seek group support to achieve abstinence from alcohol and other addictive drugs.
		Reachout (Wiltshire) Drug Use Support Group A non-profit organization supporting those affected by drug use in the Chippenham area in Wiltshire.
		Changing Attitudes In Recovery Christ centered support Group which welcomes people with addiction, emotional, relational problems who would like tools and support in learning how to apply God's Plan for recovery in their lives.
	www.assnofcoachtraining.org /dGFjdF83NTcx.aspx (1277 words)

	SOS Sobriety (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		After answering basic questions about the nature and purpose of SOS, the success of the "sobriety priority" approach is documented through two scientific studies.
		Included are moving in-depth individual recovery stories, interviews with addiction experts and legal professionals, as well as a critique of "controlled drinking" programmes and the insistence of AA and the liquor industry that alcoholism is a problem of behaviour rather than one rooted in physiology and genetics.
		SOS Sobriety is an important contribution to the addiction field that provides people with much needed choices.
	www.hutch.demon.co.uk /prom/sos.htm (208 words)

	toolkit
		Sobriety doesn’t fix everything, but it makes it possible.
		This is especially useful when you feel seduced by alcohol or cocksure about sobriety.
		Try to avoid things like homicide and robbery as tools to keep you sober, but be as flexible as you can in using whatever it takes to safeguard your sobriety.
	members.tripod.com /SOS-Members/toolkit.htm (1580 words)

	Faces & Voices of Recovery - Resources
		GROW was organized for seriously mentally ill people and if you are in an area where there are groups, this is probably the self help group most adapted to serving people with serious mental illness and most difficulty with community living.
		A community mental health organization that offers a self help method of will training; a system of techniques for controlling temperamental behavior and changing attitudes toward nervous symptoms, anxiety, depression, anger and fears.
		SOS takes a self empowerment approach to recovery and maintains sobriety is a separate issue from all else." More information at http://www.cfiwest.org/sos/.
	www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org /resources/support_groups.php (3579 words)

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