I would be very interested if you could obtain any information concerning relapsing. My son is an addict. He has been in several facilities; however, has been unable to keep clean. He currently is in his fourth month of being clean and yet living in another facility. He has successfully completed this program and will be on his own shortly. I do know that if he is not ready, willing and able to remain clean, it won't happen. 

     Here is a question from Wendy:

     I'm interested in hearing what people think about a halfway house requiring residents to start attending an AA meeting that is held on the property over any other meeting at the same time. What are the pros and cons? This
is a meeting that has been in existence for about 6 months. 

Thank you.

     Here is a question from Myra:

     Michael,

     I enjoyed your webpage. I am an alcoholic in my first yr of recovery. Can you help me find the A.A. chatrooms
please?

     Here is a question from Roberta:

     Michael:

     My name is Roberta. I have just recently gone On-Line and I am helping my brother, who works with Narcotics Anonymous, and is trying to do a study on why people relapse after many years of being clean.The question is "what is the major obstacle to get clean again. Most people feel immense guilt, shame and frustration and find
getting clean again to be more difficult to deal with. There is no literature available concerning "relapse." He
had asked me to check the Internet to see if there is anything on "Narcotic Relapses". I searched narcotic
relapses but I'm not coming up with any data. He is really concerned about "why people relapse after many
years of staying clean." He speaks with people everyday and he would like to create a questionaire regarding this type of problem. I don't know if you have this kind of information available or would this be something that you might like to expand on in a way of "research and curiosity". My brother and I would appreciate any help you can give us. Thank you in advance for your time,

Roberta 

     Here's a question from Pammy: 

     Dear Michael, 

     I am very new to the internet but have been in twelve step recovery since 1981. I attend a lot of AA meetings but my primary addiction is food. I am looking for some other people in recovery who are either in OA or knowlegdeable about compulsive eating and the over whelming power food can have over someone like me. 

     I found your cite on the internet and thought you might be able to help me find some online sponsors. I look
forward to hearing from you soon. 

Thanks, 

Pammy 

     Here's a question from Barb: 

     Michael, My name is Barb and I am an addict and an alcoholic. I have been in recovery almost 11 years. I am
currently trying to help a very good freind find a 12 step program for domestic abuse. Do you know if there is such a program? If so, could you please e-mail me back with a phone number or website address, so she can get to some meetings. We are in the Los Angeles Area if that helps and she is also 10 years in recovery for Drugs
and alcohol, but this domestic issue is (and no pun intended) kicking her butt.... Can you please help? Thank you for taking your time and I am glad I found your website. Thanks.... 

Hello Michael!

This mail comes from a far away country...Finland. Finland is in North Europe, Scandinavia. My name is Veera, I´m a member of Al-Anon, my father is an alcoholic and my boyfriend is a recovering addict (in NA). In the end of this summer we started a Nar-Anon group. There´s a huge need for this group in Finland. So this is the first Nar-Anon group in Finland and we need all possible information about how to start and maintain groups, about literature...about everything!Please help us.

love,Veera