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Alternative Spring Break Detroit 2012
http://asbd2012.blogspot.com/
During a week when many college students travel to warmer climates, 60 students from Wayne State University will spend spring break in Detroit making a difference. The students are participating in a service-learning immersion program called Alternative Spring Break Detroit (ASBD), now in its ninth year at Wayne State.
ASBD participants volunteer at nonprofit organizations for five to six hours each day. They eat at culturally themed restaurants each night, stay in a downtown church and attend sessions that focus on education, crime and blight, arts and culture, and hunger and homelessness. The ASBD program helps students let go of negative stereotypes and increases their awareness of issues affecting the city. It also gives them a connection to Detroit beyond what they experience at Wayne State. The program inspires students to become active members of the community; many past participants have formed new volunteer organizations to continue the work they started during spring break.
ASBD is sponsored by the Dean of Students Office and the Detroit Orientation Institute.
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Working for a Better Tomorrow
http://dreamchasa101.blogspot.com/
A blog that expands on fine quotes, mantras, and proverbs.
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Memoirs of an Alcoholic - Hopeless Dope to Dopeless Hope
http://dopelesshope.blogspot.com/
An alcoholic shares his life story of how it was, what happened and how it is now. 27-year-old Vernon A., now two years sober, details his most vivid alcoholic experiences and how they paved the way for his strength, hope and sobriety.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 44 )
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The Alcohol Monitor . . .
Sick from drinking so much.I could feel my insides deteriorating.This routine lasted from June 2009 to December 2009. During the 7 months, I recall drinking... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
My Spoken Word Piece
This last week for me, has been amazing,especially being a member of Team Education,I assisted in making a better nation,by tutoring kids in division and... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2012 CHARITY, TRAVEL -
It All Hit Me at Once . . .
Probation didn't take light to me.Now this alcohol monitor was serious business. I had to blow into a removable straw which attached to a small opening in the... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Do You . . .
"Be who you want to be, not what others want to see." - UnknownI can honestly say, that for the first time in my life, I'm living life being who I want to be an... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2012 LIFE COACH -
Please Believe Me . . .
A lot changed in the next 60 days. I remained sober for the whole time I was on the alcohol monitor. It was my first time being sober that long since the first... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
"I Hate It When You Drink!"
I picked up where I left off.It would seem like after all of the trouble I encountered thus far as a result of my drinking, I would stop or at least slow down... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Addiction
I failed every alcohol testJust as I had later heard in an open drug-alcohol talk, everywhere I went my addition followed. I thought that after finally finding ... Read more
Posted on 25 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Addiction . . .
I failed every alcohol testJust as I had later heard in an open drug-alcohol talk, everywhere I went my addition followed. I thought that after finally finding ... Read more
Posted on 25 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
I Think I Almost Died . . .
At this point in my life, I was drinking about five to six days a week. Not always heavy but I always had to have some amount of alcohol in my body everyday. Read more
Posted on 25 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
No More Frat House
After that incident, I simply made sure I didn't drink that much at one time anymore. I also started paying more attention to my eating habits and tried not to... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
In with the Girlfriend . . .
So I stored all of my belongings in storage, moved out of my apartment and in with my parents. For the most part, I didn't mind living with my parents. They... Read more
Posted on 11 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Someone Please Call 911!
Aside from me continuing to drink, things were going pretty well while staying at my girlfriend's place until one morning when all hell broke loose. It was... Read more
Posted on 10 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
My Worse Blackout
Back at my parents' house, my primary focus was again to find a job. I didn't have much money left and the only way I could think of getting some was to gain... Read more
Posted on 10 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
I Didn't Know The Person Looking Back At Me
It was around this time that my eyes began to open a little more and I decided to go back to my spiritual platform and find a church. Read more
Posted on 09 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Step One - Admitting I Was an Alcoholic
This time, I went to A.A. knowing that I needed help. I arrived at the meeting about 15 minutes before it started. I didn't know anyone there so I felt more... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
My First Week Sober!
My alcohol sponsor helped me learn about my condition.I wish I could say that I stopped drinking the day I admitted I was an alcoholic, but to admit you're an... Read more
Posted on 07 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Staying Sober - Respect for the Disease
Since it was obviously working, I continued to do what I was doing: go to meetings, communicate with my sponsor, read the A.A. literature, etc. Read more
Posted on 06 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Don't Drown . . .
"Only a fool test the water with both feet." - African Proverb by By Frédérick JézégouI first saw this proverb on display at the Charles H. Wright museum in... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2012 LIFE COACH -
Back to School
I didn't want to disappoint anyone. I have to backtrack to about 4 months prior to when I started school back. I had a little over a month sober and I knew I... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2012 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Everything Bad is Good . . .
"It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit." - Noel Coward Honesty can be defined as freedom from deceit or fraud. Read more
Posted on 12 May 2012 LIFE COACH