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Alcoholism — The Genetic Inheritance

You inherited your mother’s eyes, your father’s smile… and your grandfather’s drinking problem.

"For over 42 year,” writes author and recovering alcoholic Kathleen FitzGerald, “the American Medical Association has recognized alcoholism as a disease with identifiable and progressive symptoms that, if untreated, lead to mental damage, physical incapacity and early death. Yet we still do not treat alcoholism as a disease, but as a sin, a social stigma, a moral aberration.

“One does not become an alcoholic because one is under stress, lonely, depressed, nervous or overworked. One does not become an alcoholic because one makes money or does not make money, because one prays or does not pray, because one has a violent temper or is blessed with a tranquil disposition.

“One becomes an alcoholic because one is biologically vulnerable and tests this vulnerability by drinking.”

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Fire In The Corporate Belly

THE COMPANY JUST FELT OLD. It was under twenty, but it felt old. That was our first impression. It felt cold too. Nothing you could put your finger on, but there was no excitement in the faces of its people...

There are many reasons why a company ages. But for whatever reason, this aging manifests itself in bureaucracy, boredom, introversion, timidity, stiff formality, and above all, lack of fire. Unless this fire is re-ignited the company falters, slows, and finally dies.

But companies, unlike people, can be immortal - or nearly so. Companies, with the right leadership, with the right stimulus, can slow and stop and reverse the aging process. And it must happen again and again, if it is to compete, if it is to create, if it is to endure.

This re-ignition of corporate fire, this rekindling of fighting spirit, this rejuvenation of the enterprise, must be the work of the CEO.

It has long been thought that such renewal can only happen with new management, but that is no longer the case. Simple techniques for re-igniting the competitive spirit now exist and they have been proven time and again on the bottom-lines of companies both large and small.

They can be used by any CEO with ambition and the will to have his managers look deep into the soul, into the operating dynamic, of their company. And not flinch away.

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Recovery

Alcoholism — The Genetic Inheritance

Recovery

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Recovery Alcoholism — The Genetic Inheritance You inherited your mother’s eyes, your father’s smile… and your grandfather’s drinking problem. "For over 42 year,” writes author and recovering alcoholic Kathleen FitzGerald, “the American Medical Association has recognized alcoholism as a disease with identifiable and progressive symptoms that, if untreated, lead to mental damage, physical incapacity and early death. Yet we still do not treat alcoholism as a disease, but as a sin, a social stigma, a moral aberration. “One does not become an alcoholic because one is under stress, lonely, depressed, nervous or overworked. One does not become an alcoholic because one makes money or does not make money, because one prays or does not pray, because one has a violent temper or is blessed with a tranquil disposition. “One becomes an alcoholic because one is biologically vulnerable and tests this vulnerability by drinking.” For purchase - click here.	Recovery Women in AA In June, 1996, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University published the landmark study, “Substance Abuse and the American Women,” stating that women were as vulnerable to, and participated in alcoholism to the same degree as men. Alcoholism could no longer be accused of gender bias. Every Friday morning for years I have attended a wonderful Big Book AA meeting for women in recovery. Every Friday morning we read stories from Alcoholics Anonymous, affectionately called the “Big Book” by AA members. Many of the stories are written by women. We seem to read and discuss these stories with more knowing, with deeper humor and with greater identification. And so it was one cold winter night, as I sat on our front porch and watched the stars, the idea for Women in AA dropped into my lap. For years I had intuitively known that women were equally represented in the manifestation of the disease of alcoholism. I saw with my own eyes that half the folks in AA were women, and it was time for their stories of trial and triumph to be shared. The Irish say, “When you pray for potatoes, pick up a hoe”. So I sent a “Call for Manuscripts” to 900 newspapers through the US and Canada, assuring potential contributors of our adherence to Tradition 12, wherein each women’s anonymity would be protected. Eighty women from 26 states and throughout Canada trustingly sent us their stories, each in her own way articulating the issues that we, as recovering women, must integrate into our recovery if we want a peaceful, joyful recovery. These stories and reflections invite you to use them to examine some of your own thoughts and feelings and possibly to discover the special meanings that these stories may hold for you. Take from them what you want and leave the rest. So in giving to you this little book, we are giving back in some way what we have received from AA. Namely, our lives. For purchase - click here.	Business Fire In The Corporate Belly THE COMPANY JUST FELT OLD. It was under twenty, but it felt old. That was our first impression. It felt cold too. Nothing you could put your finger on, but there was no excitement in the faces of its people... There are many reasons why a company ages. But for whatever reason, this aging manifests itself in bureaucracy, boredom, introversion, timidity, stiff formality, and above all, lack of fire. Unless this fire is re-ignited the company falters, slows, and finally dies. But companies, unlike people, can be immortal - or nearly so. Companies, with the right leadership, with the right stimulus, can slow and stop and reverse the aging process. And it must happen again and again, if it is to compete, if it is to create, if it is to endure. This re-ignition of corporate fire, this rekindling of fighting spirit, this rejuvenation of the enterprise, must be the work of the CEO. It has long been thought that such renewal can only happen with new management, but that is no longer the case. Simple techniques for re-igniting the competitive spirit now exist and they have been proven time and again on the bottom-lines of companies both large and small. They can be used by any CEO with ambition and the will to have his managers look deep into the soul, into the operating dynamic, of their company. And not flinch away. For purchase - click here.