tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62208546896971130872024-02-19T23:18:53.215-08:00nortesurenelcaribeAlicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-50749279057320384372021-02-23T22:42:00.001-08:002021-02-23T22:42:39.745-08:0021)71st Republic Day 2020 highlights| Beating retreat ceremony on Attari-Wagah border on Republic Day
<a href=https//indiarepublicday.com/><b>India Republic Day</b></a> -- India celebrates its 71st Republic Day nowadays. On this day in 1950the Constitution of China came into force. The Republic Day paradewhich is considered the main attraction of the days celebrationwas held along Rajpath. It was a 90-minute affair. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was the chief guest with the parade. Before the parade begunPrime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute at the Nationwide War Memorial and Us president Ram Nath Kovind unfurled the national flag as well as General Manoj Mukund NaravaneChief of the Army TeamAdmiral Karambir SinghKey of the Naval StaffMarshal Rakesh Kumar Singh BhadauriaChief of the Air Team.<br><br>
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PM Narendra Modi finds Rashtrapati Bhawan for At home reception hosted by President Ram Nath Kovind.
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Beating retreat ceremony at Attari-Wagah border on Republic Day.
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Air India Distributes 30000 National Red flags To Passengers On Republic Day
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The national carrier Air India celebrated the actual 71st Republic Day by distributing 30000 Native indian flags made of eco-friendly seed starting paper among the passengers at airports in metro urban centers and Srinagar on Weekend.
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JNUs first girls NCC battalion present guard regarding honour to VC with Republic Day
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The girls unit of the National Benjamin Corpsnewly established with the Jawaharlal Nehru University the followingon Sunday presented shield of honour to Vice Chancellor M Jagdesh Kumar at the varsity on the celebration of Republic Day.
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Position ovation to 49 little heroes on Republic Morning
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Spectators of Republic Morning parade at Rajpath gave a standing ovation towards the 49 little heroes of the country who came in furnished jeeps.
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The people tried to match these 49 children20 girls and 31 maleswho were honoured with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar for the their exceptional accomplishment.
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PM Modi shares glimpses from Rajpath on Republic Day.
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PM Modi many thanks Maldives president and Sri Lankan PM for Republic Day wishes
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Weekend thanked the president regarding Maldives and the prime minister of Sri Lanka for their Republic Day greetingssaying New Delhi cherished the actual deep-rooted friendship with the 2 countries.
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School students execute traditional dance forms
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School children from different parts of the country done various traditional Indian flow forms at the 71st Republic Day parade in Delhi on Sunday.
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Bangladesh Us president Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with Sunday greeted people regarding India on the occasion of the countrys 71st Republic Morning.
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Delhi Tableau of Goa depicts its extensive coastline complete with its biodiversity
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Delhi Tableau of Goa describes its extensive seashore complete with its biodiversity and livelihoods and the tableau of Odisha showcases Rukuna Ratha Yatra of Lord Lingaraja who may be worshipped as Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu (Harihara)in Lingaraj Temple at Bhubaneswar.
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In a firstmost mosques in Kerala put Tricolur on Republic Morning on Sunday. A field from Palayam Juma Masjid in state capital Thiruvan
anthapuram. Many Muslim organizations possess exhorted believers to celebrate Republic Day to give a message throughout.
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In a firstalmost all mosques in Kerala hosted Tricolur on Republic Day ( HT Photo/Vivek R Nair )
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Women grab spotlight at Indias Republic Morning pageantry
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In Rajpaths twelve-monthly pomp-filled spectacle of armed service might featuring army aquariahorses and camels this coming yearwomen took the centre-stage.
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Inspector Seema Nag saluted the gathered VIPs while she led her man bikersone precariously situated at the top of a ladder wedged behind her vehicles handle bars.
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And in front of the visitor of honour Brazils Us president Jair BolsonaroCaptain Tania Shergilla fourth-generation affiliate marketer officerled an all-male Corps of Signals armed service communications contingent. AFP
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Sikkim a model state for some to emulate Governor Bolada Prasad
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Governor Ganga Prasad in his speech after unfurling the national flag with a function in Sikkim said the state has become a model condition for others to emulate intended for maintaining peace and harmony. Sikkim has assimilated improvementpeaceharmony and security and safety. There is no problem like communal riots or strikes inside state. Its a model condition for others to emulate he said.
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BSF hoists national flag at Attari-Wagah border on Republic Morning
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The Border Security Drive (BSF) on Sunday tidied the customary flag hoisting ceremony at the Attari-Wagah boundary in Amritsar on Republic Day.
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ULFA-I c
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Security personnel stood shield at roads in Guwahati on Republic Day while ULFA (I) called for any shutdown on Sunday.
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Smartphone services snappedRepublic Morning celebrated in Jammu a
nd Kashmir amid tight security and safety
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Suspension of mobile phone solutions as a precautionary measure with Republic Day in Kashmir comes a few hours after cell phone data services were restored inside valley in Saturday.
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In the mean timeamid tight securityRepublic day was celebrated with Jammu and Kashmir very first time that after the abrogation of Write-up 370 and after the bifurcation of the erstwhile state directly into two union territories with August 5.
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Grenades lobbed in eastern Assam by separatists Police
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Police said five grenades were lobbed in the eastern Assam condition by separatis
t militants diagnosed with routinely boycotted the Republic Day celebrations. No one has been injuredpolice said. AP
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Brazilian Presidents visit also aimed at strengthening ties
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Other than attending the Republic Morning celebrationsBrazilian President
Jair Bolsonaros visit is also aimed towards strengthening trade and purchase ties across a range of job areas between the two countries.
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EVENING Modi sports saffron diadème on 71st Republic Morning
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Continuing his tradition regarding donning colourful turbans with Republic Day and Liberty Day celebrationsPrime Minister Narendra Modi sported any saffron bandhej headgear having a tail for the 71st Republic Day. PTI
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President Kovind and chief guest Best President Jair Bolsonaro still have Rajpath for Rashtrapati Bhawan. PM Modi has also remaining Rajpath.
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Republic Day ornement concluded with IAFs huge show. President saluted often the cavalry as national anthem played in the background.
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Vic structurecomprising three Dornier aeroplanesseen at Rajpath
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Wing Commander SK Chauhan qualified prospects the Vic formationcontaining three Dornier aircraft. Typically the captains of the other 2 aircraft are Squadron Leader Vikas Kumar and Squadron Leader Abhishek Vashisht.
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Dhanush
gun systemApacheChinook helicopters on display intended for first time
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Women CRPF motor cyclist team performs daredevil tricks for the first time.
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Delhi school kids try to describe the beauty of Rajasthan through a performance.
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School kids begin cultural performance
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Classes kids have begun their performance on various themes such as YogaFreedom.
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Gurunanaks message of universal oneness showcased on Punjab cadre.
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Karnatak
a tableau was followed by union territory J-Ks cadre. J-Ks theme was back to village.
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MeghalayaRajasthan tableaux on Rajpathfollowed by UPs
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MeghalayaRajasthan tableaux were showcased on Rajpathfollowed by UPs tableau which often had dancers performing Kathak.
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Dancers decorate Odisha cadre
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Odisha tableau was furnished with dancers from the condition.
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Goa tableau on Rajpath
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Goa tableau has new music from the state and a huge frog with a guitar.
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Himachal PradeshMadhya Pradesh tableaux on Rajpath
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These tableaux showcase the lives regarding tribes.
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Assam tableau bears the state culture along because so many things on display are created from cane or bamboo.
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RajasthanTelangana tableaux on Rajpath
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Tell a wo
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Tamil Nadus tableau is now on Rajpath.
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NSS marching contingent is on Rajpath.
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Mobile phone services snapped with Kashmir as precautionary evaluate for ensuring smooth passing of Republic Day get-togetherssay officials. PTI
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NCC cade
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Delhi Polices marching contingent is now on Rajpath. Since 1950this it all depends has been a part of Republic Morning parade every year.
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CRPF marching contingent marches past.
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Military pilot marching contingent marches to be able to Sound Barrierfollowed by Military pilot tableau. The theme of the actual tableau is cutting edge.
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Naval tab
leau showcasing the actual might and power of the actual navy. It also showcases navys commitment to nation building.
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Naval marching contingent drive past saluting dias.
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Republic
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Republic Day parade at Dadar TT circle with Mumbai ( Pratik Chorge )
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First marching it all dependsParachute Regimentmarches recent Rajpath.
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Women CRPF motor cyclist team is going to perform daredevil stunts for the first time today.
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Dhanush gun systemApache in addition to Chinook helicopters will be viewed for the first time today.
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MI-17 V-
5 helicopters fly past in addition to shower flowers at Rajpath.
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Parade about to begin. Indias military mightdiscipline being showcased
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Anti-satellite weapon ShakthiArmys battle tank BhishmaChinook helicopter and Apache helicopter of the Indian Military pilot will be a part of the military ornement.
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President unfurls flagnational anthem plays amid 21-gun salute
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President Ram Nath Kovind has unfurled the actual flag and the national anthem has been played amid 21-gun salute.
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President Ram Nath KovindBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro reach Rajpath. EVENING Narendra Modi and primary of the three defence pushes welcomed them and escorted them to the presidential encloser.
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Vice President Venkaiah Naidu extends to Rajpath.
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PM Modi provides reached the Rajpath.
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Us president KovindBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have emerged through the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
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PM Modi pens down his girl on the ceremonial book.
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EVENING Modi pays tribute to be able to martyrs at National Battle Museum ahead of parade.
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EVENING Modi reaches National Battle Museum
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Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Mukund NaravaneChief of the Naviero Staff Admiral Karambir SinghChief of the Air Team Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria welcome PM Modi and Rajnath Singh.
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Rahul Gandhi greets nation with Republic Day
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Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal hoisted the national a flag at his residence.
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Rajnath S
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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hoisted the national flag at his residence.
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Republic Day parade is set to begin at Rajpath.
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TN celebrates R-Day with loyal fervour
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Republic Day ornement is underway at Kamarajar Road off Marina Seashore in Chennai.
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Over 2100 traffic personnel deployed intended for smooth flow of traffic
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More than 2000 traffic law enforcement officials personnel have been deployed intended for smooth flow of traffic and for the facilitation regarding spectators and visitors to the actual venue. Adequate security in addition to traffic arrangements for the In your own home function
at Rashtrapati Bhawan have also been made.
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Capital with four-layer security arrangement intended for Republic Day
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Thousands of people who are employed in the security sectorfacial recognition systemdrones and CCTV cameras have already been put in place as part of Delhi Polices security arrangements.
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We possess a four-layer security arrangement. Intrinsicmiddleouter and one across the border areas across the national capital. Around 5000 to be able to 6000 Delhi Police employees have been deployed in Completely new Delhi district along with fifty companies of paramilitary pushes deputy commissioner regarding police (New Delhi Zone) Eish Singhal was offered as saying by announcement agency PTI.
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Constitutions internal lies in freedoms guaranteed inside the Part IIItweets P Chidambaram
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Happy Republic Morning. The soul of the Constitution lies in the freedoms secured in Part III of the Constitution tweets P Chidambaram.
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Cops vigilant against protesters who might carry placards to parade
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Tight security and safety has been put in place in the area encircling Rajpath. In the wake regarding anti-CAA and anti-NRC
protestsDelhi Police will keep a close look out for people clothed with black and those trying to attain India Gate carrying placards or messages related to the actual Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) or the National Register regarding Citizens (NRC).
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22 tablea
ux16 from different says and six from different government ministrieswill be shown as part of the parade.
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Delhi Community parking facilities which have been close up from 6 00 in the morning on 25th January will remain closed till 2 00 pm on 26th Thinking about receiving at all metro stations.
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To be able to facilitate the public attending the actual Republic Day paradethe below corridors which begin functions at 8 00 am on Sundays will begin at 6 00 am on 26 January 2020.
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Entry/exit gates to the next stations will remain closed for a short period on 26th Thinking about receiving 2020.
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Central Secretariat in addition to Udyog Bhawan will be closed till 12 pm. Lokomotive Kalyan Marg and Patel Chowk will be closed by 8 45 am to be able to 12 pm. Interchange center will be available at Central Secretariat.
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Let us re
call just what our forefathers solemnly resolvedwhat they have bequeathed to be able to us and what we rejoice and honour today tweeted PIB.
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Indias armed service mightcultural diversitysociable and economic progress
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People reach Rajpath to discover Republic Day parade stay
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People seated along Rajpath ( Arvind Yadav/HT )
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Students take out tricolour drive on eve of Republic Day
Students of IIT Bombay took out a tricolour march on their campus on the eve of Republic Morning.
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Patriotism reflects in religious practices in Uttarakhand
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Plants offered to the deity while in morning prayers at Rishikeshs Chandreshwar Mahadev Temple with Uttarakhand on the occasion regarding Republic Day.
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PM Modi greets nation on Republic Day
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The C-Hexagon around India Gate will remain closed from 2 am with January 26 till the final of the parade. Besidestraffic on Tilak MargBahadur Shah Zafar Marg in addition to Netaji Subhash Road will not be allowed from 5 am till the parade is now overa traffic advisory released by Delhi Traffic Law enforcement officials said.
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Restrictio
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Ashoka ChakraKirti Chakra to be awarded to be able to courageous youth
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President Memory Nath Kovind will award Ashoka Chakra and Kirti Cha
kra to youth intended for displaying courage away from the actual battlefield.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to be chief visitor at parade
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PM Modi
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay tributes at the Nationwide War Memorial before the ornement starts along Rajpath.
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Republic Day parade will begin at 9 am today. It is expected to go on till 10. 30 am.
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India may celebrate its 71st Republic Day today. The Constitution of India came into push on this day in 1950.Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-26912868249940128812020-11-30T03:43:00.019-08:002020-11-30T03:43:41.905-08:00Alcoholics Anonymous<img alt="" class="thumbimage" data-file-height="519" data-file-width="999" decoding="async" height="130" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/AA_-_Medalj.jpg/250px-AA_-_Medalj.jpg" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/AA_-_Medalj.jpg/375px-AA_-_Medalj.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/AA_-_Medalj.jpg/500px-AA_-_Medalj.jpg 2x" width="250"/><br/><br/><br/><p class="mw-empty-elt">
</p><p><b>Alcoholics Anonymous</b> (<b>AA</b>) is an international mutual aid fellowship with the stated purpose of enabling its members to "stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." AA is nonprofessional, self-supporting, and apolitical. Its only membership requirement is a desire to stop drinking. The AA program of recovery is set forth in the Twelve Steps.
</p><p>AA was founded in 1935 in Akron, Ohio, when one alcoholic, Bill Wilson, talked to another alcoholic, Bob Smith, about the nature of alcoholism and a possible solution. With the help of other early members, the book <i>Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered From Alcoholism</i> was written in 1939. Its title became the name of the organization and is now usually referred to as "The Big Book". AA's initial Twelve Traditions were introduced in 1946 to help the fellowship be stable and unified while disengaged from "outside issues" and influences.
</p><p>The Traditions recommend that members remain anonymous in public media, altruistically help other alcoholics, and that AA groups avoid official affiliations with other organizations. They also advise against dogma and coercive hierarchies. Subsequent fellowships such as Narcotics Anonymous have adapted the Twelve Steps and the Twelve Traditions to their respective primary purposes.
</p><p>AA membership has since spread internationally "across diverse cultures holding different beliefs and values", including geopolitical areas resistant to grassroots movements. Close to two million people worldwide are estimated to be members of AA, as of 2016.
</p>Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-76083275926374902242020-11-30T03:43:00.017-08:002020-11-30T03:43:37.585-08:00History<img alt="" class="thumbimage" data-file-height="519" data-file-width="999" decoding="async" height="130" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/AA_-_Medalj.jpg/250px-AA_-_Medalj.jpg" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/AA_-_Medalj.jpg/375px-AA_-_Medalj.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/AA_-_Medalj.jpg/500px-AA_-_Medalj.jpg 2x" width="250"/><br/><br/><br/><p>AA sprang from The Oxford Group, a non-denominational movement modeled after first-century Christianity. Some members founded the Group to help in maintaining sobriety. "Grouper" Ebby Thacher was Wilson's former drinking buddy who approached Wilson saying that he had "got religion", was sober, and that Wilson could do the same if he set aside objections to religion and instead formed a personal idea of God, "another power" or "higher power".
</p><p>Feeling a "kinship of common suffering" and, though drunk, Wilson attended his first Group gathering. Within days, Wilson admitted himself to the Charles B. Towns Hospital after drinking four beers on the way—the last alcohol he ever drank. Under the care of William Duncan Silkworth (an early benefactor of AA), Wilson's detox included the deliriant belladonna. At the hospital, a despairing Wilson experienced a bright flash of light, which he felt to be God revealing himself. Following his hospital discharge, Wilson joined the Oxford Group and recruited other alcoholics to the Group. Wilson's early efforts to help others become sober were ineffective, prompting Silkworth to suggest that Wilson place less stress on religion and more on "the science" of treating alcoholism. Wilson's first success came during a business trip to Akron, Ohio, where he was introduced to Robert Smith, a surgeon and Oxford Group member who was unable to stay sober. After thirty days of working with Wilson, Smith drank his last drink on 10 June 1935, the date marked by AA for its anniversaries.
</p><p>The first female member Florence Rankin joined AA in March 1937, and the first non-Protestant member, a Roman Catholic, joined in 1939. The first Black AA group was established in 1945 in Washington, D.C. by Jim S., an African-American physician from Virginia.
</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, many AA meetings moved to online meetings using platforms such as Zoom, Google Hangouts, and conference calls. Some members expressed concerns about anonymity and security and steps were taken, including having "digital bouncers" at some online meetings.
</p>Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-880835901446008052020-11-30T03:43:00.015-08:002020-11-30T03:43:33.568-08:00The Big Book, the Twelve Steps and the Twelve Traditions<img alt="" class="thumbimage" data-file-height="2448" data-file-width="3264" decoding="async" height="165" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Alcoholics_Anonymous_Regional_Service_Center_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/220px-Alcoholics_Anonymous_Regional_Service_Center_by_David_Shankbone.jpg" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Alcoholics_Anonymous_Regional_Service_Center_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/330px-Alcoholics_Anonymous_Regional_Service_Center_by_David_Shankbone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Alcoholics_Anonymous_Regional_Service_Center_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/440px-Alcoholics_Anonymous_Regional_Service_Center_by_David_Shankbone.jpg 2x" width="220"/><br/><br/><br/><p>To share their method, Wilson and other members wrote the initially-titled book, <i>Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism</i>, from which AA drew its name. Informally known as "The Big Book" (with its first 164 pages virtually unchanged since the 1939 edition), it suggests a twelve-step program in which members admit that they are powerless over alcohol and need help from a "higher power". They seek guidance and strength through prayer and meditation from God or a Higher Power of their own understanding; take a moral inventory with care to include resentments; list and become ready to remove character defects; list and make amends to those harmed; continue to take a moral inventory, pray, meditate, and try to help other alcoholics recover. The second half of the book, "Personal Stories" (subject to additions, removal and retitling in subsequent editions), is made of AA members' redemptive autobiographical sketches.
</p><p>In 1941, interviews on American radio and favorable articles in US magazines, including a piece by Jack Alexander in <i>The Saturday Evening Post</i>, led to increased book sales and membership. By 1946, as the growing fellowship quarreled over structure, purpose, and authority, as well as finances and publicity, Wilson began to form and promote what became known as AA's "Twelve Traditions," which are guidelines for an altruistic, unaffiliated, non-coercive, and non-hierarchical structure that limited AA's purpose to only helping alcoholics on a non-professional level while shunning publicity. Eventually, he gained formal adoption and inclusion of the Twelve Traditions in all future editions of the Big Book. At the 1955 conference in St. Louis, Missouri, Wilson relinquished stewardship of AA to the General Service Conference, as AA grew to millions of members internationally.
</p>Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-14361019774262398612020-11-30T03:43:00.013-08:002020-11-30T03:43:29.557-08:00Organization and finances<img alt="" class="thumbimage" data-file-height="2448" data-file-width="3264" decoding="async" height="165" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Alcoholics_Anonymous_Regional_Service_Center_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/220px-Alcoholics_Anonymous_Regional_Service_Center_by_David_Shankbone.jpg" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Alcoholics_Anonymous_Regional_Service_Center_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/330px-Alcoholics_Anonymous_Regional_Service_Center_by_David_Shankbone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Alcoholics_Anonymous_Regional_Service_Center_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/440px-Alcoholics_Anonymous_Regional_Service_Center_by_David_Shankbone.jpg 2x" width="220"/><br/><br/><br/><p>AA says it is "not organized in the formal or political sense", and Bill Wilson, borrowing the phrase from anarchist theorist Peter Kropotkin, called it a "benign anarchy". In Ireland, Shane Butler said that AA "looks like it couldn't survive as there's no leadership or top-level telling local cumanns what to do, but it has worked and proved itself extremely robust". Butler explained that "AA's 'inverted pyramid' style of governance has helped it to avoid many of the pitfalls that political and religious institutions have encountered since it was established here in 1946."
</p><p>In 2018, AA counted 2,087,840 members and 120,300 AA groups worldwide. The Twelve Traditions informally guide how individual AA groups function, and the Twelve Concepts for World Service guide how the organization is structured globally.
</p><p>A member who accepts a service position or an organizing role is a "trusted servant" with terms rotating and limited, typically lasting three months to two years and determined by group vote and the nature of the position. Each group is a self-governing entity with AA World Services acting only in an advisory capacity. AA is served entirely by alcoholics, except for seven "nonalcoholic friends of the fellowship" of the 21-member AA Board of Trustees.
</p><p>AA groups are self-supporting, relying on voluntary donations from members to cover expenses. The AA General Service Office (GSO) limits contributions to US$3,000 a year. Above the group level, AA may hire outside professionals for services that require specialized expertise or full-time responsibilities.
</p><p>Like individual groups, the GSO is self-supporting. AA receives proceeds from books and literature that constitute more than 50% of the income for its General Service Office. In keeping with AA's Seventh Tradition, the Central Office is fully self-supporting through the sale of literature and related products, and through the voluntary donations of AA members and groups. It does not accept donations from people or organizations outside of AA.
</p><p>In keeping with AA's Eighth Tradition, the Central Office employs special workers who are compensated financially for their services, but their services do not include traditional "12th Step" work of working with alcoholics in need. All 12th Step calls that come to the Central Office are handed to sober AA members who have volunteered to handle these calls. It also maintains service centers, which coordinate activities such as printing literature, responding to public inquiries, and organizing conferences. Other International General Service Offices (Australia, Costa Rica, Russia, etc.) are independent of AA World Services in New York.
</p>Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-29481541689943997812020-11-30T03:43:00.011-08:002020-11-30T03:43:25.551-08:00Program<img alt="" class="thumbimage" data-file-height="2363" data-file-width="3414" decoding="async" height="104" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Grupo_Amor_y_Fe_Alcoholics_Anonymous_Los_Angeles.jpg/150px-Grupo_Amor_y_Fe_Alcoholics_Anonymous_Los_Angeles.jpg" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Grupo_Amor_y_Fe_Alcoholics_Anonymous_Los_Angeles.jpg/225px-Grupo_Amor_y_Fe_Alcoholics_Anonymous_Los_Angeles.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Grupo_Amor_y_Fe_Alcoholics_Anonymous_Los_Angeles.jpg/300px-Grupo_Amor_y_Fe_Alcoholics_Anonymous_Los_Angeles.jpg 2x" width="150"/><br/><br/><br/><p>AA's program extends beyond abstaining from alcohol. Its goal is to effect enough change in the alcoholic's thinking "to bring about recovery from alcoholism" through "an entire psychic change," or spiritual awakening. A spiritual awakening is meant to be achieved by taking the Twelve Steps, and sobriety is furthered by volunteering for AA and regular AA meeting attendance or contact with AA members. Members are encouraged to find an experienced fellow alcoholic, called a sponsor, to help them understand and follow the AA program. The sponsor should preferably have experience of all twelve of the steps, be the same sex as the sponsored person, and refrain from imposing personal views on the sponsored person. Following the helper therapy principle, sponsors in AA may benefit from their relationship with their charges, as "helping behaviors" correlate with increased abstinence and lower probabilities of binge drinking.
</p><p>AA's program is an inheritor of Counter-Enlightenment philosophy. AA shares the view that acceptance of one's inherent limitations is critical to finding one's proper place among other humans and God. Such ideas are described as "Counter-Enlightenment" because they are contrary to the Enlightenment's ideal that humans have the capacity to make their lives and societies a heaven on earth using their own power and reason.
After evaluating AA's literature and observing AA meetings for sixteen months, sociologists David R. Rudy and Arthur L. Greil found that for an AA member to remain sober a high level of commitment is necessary. This commitment is facilitated by a change in the member's worldview. To help members stay sober AA must, they argue, provide an all-encompassing worldview while creating and sustaining an atmosphere of transcendence in the organization. To be all-encompassing AA's ideology places an emphasis on tolerance rather than on a narrow religious worldview that could make the organization unpalatable to potential members and thereby limit its effectiveness. AA's emphasis on the spiritual nature of its program, however, is necessary to institutionalize a feeling of transcendence. A tension results from the risk that the necessity of transcendence, if taken too literally, would compromise AA's efforts to maintain a broad appeal. As this tension is an integral part of AA, Rudy and Greil argue that AA is best described as a <i>quasi-religious organization</i>.
</p><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Meetings">Meetings</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span>edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h3><p>AA meetings are "quasi-ritualized therapeutic sessions run by and for, alcoholics". They are usually informal and often feature discussions with voluntary donations collected during meetings. (AA's 7th tradition encourages groups to be self-supporting, declining outside contributions). Local AA directories list weekly meetings. Those listed as "closed" are available to those with a self-professed "desire to stop drinking," which cannot be challenged by another member on any grounds. "Open" meetings are available to anyone (nonalcoholics can attend as observers). At <b>speaker meetings</b> (also known as gratitude meetings), one or more members who typically come in from a neighboring town's meeting tell their stories. At <b>Big Book meetings</b>, the group in attendance will take turns reading a passage from the AA Big Book and then discuss how they relate to it after. At <b>twelve step meetings</b>, the group will typically break out into subgroups depending on where they are in their program and start working on the twelve steps outlined in the program. In addition to those three most common types of meetings, there are also other kinds of discussion meetings which tend to allocate the most time for general discussion.
</p><p>AA meetings do not exclude other alcoholics, though some meetings cater to specific demographics such as gender, profession, age, sexual orientation, or culture. Meetings in the United States are held in a variety of languages including Armenian, English, Farsi, Finnish, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish. While AA has pamphlets that suggest meeting formats, groups have the autonomy to hold and conduct meetings as they wish "except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole". Different cultures affect ritual aspects of meetings, but around the world "many particularities of the AA meeting format can be observed at almost any AA gathering".
</p><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Confidentiality">Confidentiality</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span>edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h3><p>US courts have not extended the status of privileged communication, such as that enjoyed by clergy and lawyers, to AA related communications between members.
</p>Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-79591833618613098762020-11-30T03:43:00.009-08:002020-11-30T03:43:19.326-08:00Spirituality<br/><br/><br/><p>A study found an association between an increase in attendance at AA meetings with increased spirituality and a decrease in the frequency and intensity of alcohol use. The research also found that AA was effective at helping agnostics and atheists become sober. The authors concluded that though spirituality was an important mechanism of behavioral change for some alcoholics, it was not the only effective mechanism. Since the mid-1970s, a number of 'agnostic' or 'no-prayer' AA groups have begun across the U.S., Canada, and other parts of the world, which hold meetings that adhere to a tradition allowing alcoholics to freely express their doubts or disbelief that spirituality will help their recovery, and these meetings forgo use of opening or closing prayers. There are online resources listing AA meetings for atheists and agnostics.
</p>Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-38785431437986286172020-11-30T03:43:00.007-08:002020-11-30T03:43:15.398-08:00Disease concept of alcoholism<br/><br/><br/><p>More informally than not, AA's membership has helped popularize the disease concept of alcoholism which had appeared in the eighteenth century. Though AA usually avoids the term "disease", 1973 conference-approved literature said "we had the disease of alcoholism." Regardless of official positions, since AA's inception, most members have believed alcoholism to be a disease.
</p><p>AA's Big Book calls alcoholism "an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer." Ernest Kurtz says this is "The closest the book Alcoholics Anonymous comes to a definition of alcoholism." Somewhat divergently in his introduction to The Big Book, non-member and early benefactor William Silkworth said those unable to moderate their drinking suffer from an allergy. In presenting the doctor's postulate, AA said "The doctor's theory that we have an allergy to alcohol interests us. As laymen, our opinion as to its soundness may, of course, mean little. But as ex-problem drinkers, we can say that his explanation makes good sense. It explains many things for which we cannot otherwise account." AA later acknowledged that "alcoholism is not a true allergy, the experts now inform us." Wilson explained in 1960 why AA had refrained from using the term "disease":
</p><blockquote><p>We AAs have never called alcoholism a disease because, technically speaking, it is not a disease entity. For example, there is no such thing as heart disease. Instead there are many separate heart ailments or combinations of them. It is something like that with alcoholism. Therefore, we did not wish to get in wrong with the medical profession by pronouncing alcoholism a disease entity. Hence, we have always called it an illness or a malady—a far safer term for us to use.</p></blockquote><p>Since then medical and scientific communities have generally concluded that alcoholism is an "addictive disease" (aka Alcohol Use Disorder, Severe, Moderate, or Mild). The ten criteria are: alcoholism is a Primary Illness not caused by other illnesses nor by personality or character defects; second, an addiction gene is part of its etiology; third, alcoholism has predictable symptoms; fourth, it is progressive, becoming more severe even after long periods of abstinence; fifth, it is chronic and incurable; sixth, alcoholic drinking or other drug use persists in spite of negative consequences and efforts to quit; seventh, brain chemistry and neural functions change so alcohol is perceived as necessary for survival; eighth, it produces physical dependence and life-threatening withdrawal; ninth, it is a terminal illness; tenth, alcoholism can be treated and can be kept in remission.
</p>Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-70142214306659039372020-11-30T03:43:00.005-08:002020-11-30T03:43:11.385-08:00Canadian and United States demographics<br/><br/><br/><p>AA's New York General Service Office regularly surveys AA members in North America. Its 2014 survey of over 6,000 members in Canada and the United States concluded that, in North America, AA members who responded to the survey were 62% male and 38% female.
</p><p>Average member sobriety is slightly under 10 years with 36% sober more than ten years, 13% sober from five to ten years, 24% sober from one to five years, and 27% sober less than one year. Before coming to AA, 63% of members received some type of treatment or counseling, such as medical, psychological, or spiritual. After coming to AA, 59% received outside treatment or counseling. Of those members, 84% said that outside help played an important part in their recovery.
</p><p>The same survey showed that AA received 32% of its membership from other members, another 32% from treatment facilities, 30% were self-motivated to attend AA, 12% of its membership from court–ordered attendance, and only 1% of AA members decided to join based on information obtained from the Internet. People taking the survey were allowed to select multiple answers for what motivated them to join AA.
</p>Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-55142896735392349242020-11-30T03:43:00.003-08:002020-11-30T03:43:07.519-08:00Effectiveness<br/><br/><br/><p>Studies of AA's efficacy have produced inconsistent results. While some studies have suggested an association between AA attendance and increased abstinence or other positive outcomes, other studies have not.
</p><p>The Surgeon General of the United States 2016 Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health states "Well-supported scientific evidence demonstrates the effectiveness of twelve-step mutual aid groups focused on alcohol and twelve-step facilitation interventions."
</p>Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-8186441886194893762020-11-30T03:43:00.001-08:002020-11-30T03:43:03.478-08:00Relationship with institutions<br/><br/><br/><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Hospitals">Hospitals</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span>edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h3><p>Many AA meetings take place in treatment facilities. Carrying the message of AA into hospitals was how the co-founders of AA first remained sober. They discovered great value in working with alcoholics who are still suffering, and that even if the alcoholic they were working with did not stay sober, they did. Bill Wilson wrote, "Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics". Bill Wilson visited Towns Hospital in New York City in an attempt to help the alcoholics who were patients there in 1934. At St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio, Smith worked with still more alcoholics. In 1939, a New York mental institution, Rockland State Hospital, was one of the first institutions to allow AA hospital groups. Service to corrections and treatment facilities used to be combined until the General Service Conference, in 1977, voted to dissolve its Institutions Committee and form two separate committees, one for treatment facilities, and one for correctional facilities.
</p><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Prisons">Prisons</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span>edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h3><p>In the United States and Canada, AA meetings are held in hundreds of correctional facilities. The AA General Service Office has published a workbook with detailed recommendations for methods of approaching correctional-facility officials with the intent of developing an in-prison AA program. In addition, AA publishes a variety of pamphlets specifically for the incarcerated alcoholic. Additionally, the AA General Service Office provides a pamphlet with guidelines for members working with incarcerated alcoholics.
</p><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="United_States_court_rulings">United States court rulings</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span>edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h3><p>United States courts have ruled that inmates, parolees, and probationers cannot be ordered to attend AA. Though AA itself was not deemed a religion, it was ruled that it contained <i>enough</i> religious components (variously described in <i>Griffin v. Coughlin</i> below as, inter alia, "religion", "religious activity", "religious exercise") to make coerced attendance at AA meetings a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the constitution. In 2007, the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals stated that a parolee who was ordered to attend AA had standing to sue his parole office.
</p><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="American_treatment_industry">American treatment industry</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span>edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h3><p>In 1939, High Watch Recovery Center in Kent, Connecticut, was founded by Bill Wilson and Marty Mann. Sister Francis who owned the farm tried to gift the spiritual retreat for alcoholics to Alcoholics Anonymous, however citing the sixth tradition Bill W. turned down the gift but agreed to have a separate non-profit board run the facility composed of AA members. Bill Wilson and Marty Mann served on the High Watch board of directors for many years. High Watch was the first and therefore the oldest 12-step-based treatment center in the world still operating today.
</p><p>In 1949, the Hazelden treatment center was founded and staffed by AA members, and since then many alcoholic rehabilitation clinics have incorporated AA's precepts into their treatment programs. 32% of AA's membership was introduced to it through a treatment facility.
</p><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="United_Kingdom_treatment_industry">United Kingdom treatment industry</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span>edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h3><p>A cross-sectional survey of substance-misuse treatment providers in the West Midlands found fewer than 10% integrated twelve-step methods in their practice and only a third felt their consumers were suited for Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous membership. Less than half were likely to recommend self-help groups to their clients. Providers with nursing qualifications were more likely to make such referrals than those without them. A statistically significant correlation was found between providers' self-reported level of spirituality and their likelihood of recommending AA or NA.
</p>Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-19894638379768480242020-11-30T03:42:00.009-08:002020-11-30T03:42:59.440-08:00Criticism<br/><br/><br/><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Thirteenth-stepping">Thirteenth-stepping</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span>edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h3><p>"Thirteenth-stepping" is a pejorative term for AA members approaching new members for dates. A study in the <i>Journal of Addiction Nursing</i> sampled 55 women in AA and found that 35% of these women had experienced a "pass" and 29% had felt seduced at least once in AA settings. This has also happened with new male members who received guidance from older female AA members, in pursuit of sexual company. The authors suggest that both men and women need to be prepared for this behavior or find male-only or female-only groups. However, women report feeling safe in AA, women-only meetings are a very prevalent part of AA culture, and AA has become more welcoming for women. AA's pamphlet on sponsorship suggests that men be sponsored by men and women be sponsored by women.
</p><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Moderation_or_abstinence">Moderation or abstinence</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span>edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h3><p>Stanton Peele argued that some AA groups apply the disease model to all problem drinkers, whether or not they are "full-blown" alcoholics. Along with Nancy Shute, Peele has advocated that besides AA, other options should be readily available to those problem drinkers who are able to manage their drinking with the right treatment. The Big Book says "moderate drinkers" and "a certain type of hard drinker" are able to stop or moderate their drinking. The Big Book suggests no program for these drinkers, but instead seeks to help drinkers without "power of choice in drink."
</p><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Cultural_identity">Cultural identity</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span>edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h3><p>One review of AA warned of detrimental iatrogenic effects of twelve-step philosophy and concluded that AA uses many methods that are also used by cults. A subsequent study concluded, however, that AA's program bore little resemblance to religious cults because the techniques used appeared beneficial. Another study found that the AA program's focus on admission of having a problem increases deviant stigma and strips members of their previous cultural identity, replacing it with the deviant identity. A survey of group members, however, found they had a bicultural identity and saw AA's program as a complement to their other national, ethnic, and religious cultures.
</p>Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-58837269385226818562020-11-30T03:42:00.007-08:002020-11-30T03:42:55.369-08:00Literature <br/><br/><br/><p>Alcoholics Anonymous publishes several books, reports, pamphlets, and other media, including a periodical known as the <i>AA Grapevine</i>. Two books are used primarily: <i>Alcoholics Anonymous</i> (the "Big Book") and <i>Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions</i>, the latter explaining AA's fundamental principles in depth. The full text of each of these two books is available on the AA website at no charge.
</p><ul><li><cite class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFAnonymous2011">Anonymous (2011). <i>Alcoholics Anonymous: the story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism</i> <span class="cs1-format">(multiple PDFs)</span> (4th ed.). ISBN <bdi>978-1-893007-16-1</bdi>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Alcoholics+Anonymous%3A+the+story+of+how+many+thousands+of+men+and+women+have+recovered+from+alcoholism&rft.edition=4th&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-893007-16-1&rft.au=Anonymous&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aa.org%2Fpages%2Fen_US%2Falcoholics-anonymous&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlcoholics+Anonymous"></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r982806391">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}</style> 575 pages. Also available in libraries. <span style="position:relative; top: -2px;"><img alt="Free to read" data-file-height="813" data-file-width="512" decoding="async" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/14px-Lock-green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/18px-Lock-green.svg.png 2x" width="9"/></span></li>
<li><cite class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFAnonymous2002">Anonymous (2002). <i>Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions</i> <span class="cs1-format">(multiple PDFs)</span>. ISBN <bdi>978-0-916856-01-4</bdi>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Twelve+Steps+and+Twelve+Traditions&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-916856-01-4&rft.au=Anonymous&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aa.org%2Fpages%2Fen_US%2Ftwelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlcoholics+Anonymous"></span><link href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r982806391" rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style"/> 192 pages. Also available in libraries. <span style="position:relative; top: -2px;"><img alt="Free to read" data-file-height="813" data-file-width="512" decoding="async" height="14" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/14px-Lock-green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/18px-Lock-green.svg.png 2x" width="9"/></span></li>
<li><cite class="citation magazine cs1">"Home Page". <i>AA Grapevine</i>. Alcoholics Anonymous. ISSN 0362-2584. OCLC 319167052.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=AA+Grapevine&rft.atitle=Home+Page&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F319167052&rft.issn=0362-2584&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aagrapevine.org%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlcoholics+Anonymous"></span><link href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r982806391" rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style"/> Also available in libraries.</li></ul>Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-24243316372943097042020-11-30T03:42:00.005-08:002020-11-30T03:42:51.315-08:00AA in film<br/><br/><br/><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Films_about_Alcoholics_Anonymous">Films about Alcoholics Anonymous</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span>edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h3><ul><li><i>My Name Is Bill W.</i> – dramatized biography of co-founder Bill Wilson.</li>
<li><i>When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story</i> – a 2010 film about the wife of founder Bill Wilson, and the beginnings of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon.</li>
<li><i>Bill W.</i> – a 2011 biographical documentary film that tells the story of Bill Wilson using interviews, recreations, and rare archival material.</li></ul><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Films_where_primary_plot_line_includes_AA">Films where primary plot line includes AA</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span>edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h3><ul><li><i>A Walk Among the Tombstones</i> (2015), a mystery/suspense film based on Lawrence Block's books featuring Matthew Scudder, a recovering alcoholic detective whose AA membership is a central element of the plot.</li>
<li><i>When a Man Loves a Woman</i> – an airline pilot's wife attends AA meetings in a residential treatment facility.</li>
<li><i>Clean and Sober</i> – an addict (alcohol, cocaine) visits an AA meeting to get a sponsor.</li>
<li><i>Days of Wine and Roses</i> – a 1962 film about a married couple struggling with alcoholism. Jack Lemmon's character attends an AA meeting in the film.</li>
<li><i>Drunks</i> – a 1995 film starring Richard Lewis as an alcoholic who leaves an AA meeting and relapses. The film cuts back and forth between his eventual relapse and the other meeting attendees.</li>
<li><i>Come Back, Little Sheba</i> – A 1952 film based on a play of the same title about a loveless marriage where the husband played by Burt Lancaster is an alcoholic who gets help from two members of the local AA chapter. A 1977 TV drama was also based on the play.</li>
<li><i>I'll Cry Tomorrow</i> – A 1955 film about singer Lillian Roth played by Susan Hayward who goes to AA to help her stop drinking. The film was based on Roth's autobiography of the same name detailing her alcoholism and sobriety through AA.</li>
<li><i>You Kill Me</i> – a 2007 crime-comedy film starring Ben Kingsley as a mob hit man with a drinking problem who is forced to accept a job at a mortuary and go to AA meetings.</li>
<li><i>Smashed</i> – a 2012 drama film starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead. An elementary school teacher's drinking begins to interfere with her job, so she attempts to get sober in AA.</li>
<li><i>Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot</i> – a 2018 biography/comedy/drama by Gus Van Sant, based on the life of cartoonist John Callahan.<i><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></i></li>
<li><i>The Morning After</i> starring Dick Van Dyke as a salesman struggling with alcoholism.<i><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></i></li></ul>Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-77588943152534939062020-11-30T03:42:00.003-08:002020-11-30T03:42:47.108-08:00AA in television<br/><br/><br/><p>Chuck Lorre's <i>Mom</i> (2013–), follows dysfunctional daughter/mother duo Christy and Bonnie Plunkett, who are estranged for years while simultaneously struggling with addiction. They attempt to pull their lives and relationships together by trying to stay sober and visiting Alcoholics Anonymous. The show also explores themes of alcoholism, drug addiction and relapse.
</p><p>In <i>Hill Street Blues</i>, Captain Furillo (Daniel J. Travanti) is a regular member of AA and is shown several times in AA meetings.
</p><p>In <i>Grey's Anatomy,</i> AA plays a large role in the storylines of multiple characters. In season 6, Dr. Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) begins struggling with alcoholism and it is revealed that he has a history of alcohol addiction. AA and maintaining sobriety become an important part of Dr. Webber's life through out the rest of the series. Alcoholism, but more so drug addiction, is also heavily featured in the spin-off series <i>Private Practice.</i> In season 4, it is revealed that both Dr. Charlotte King (KaDee Strickland) and Dr. Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone) have a history of problem drinking and narcotics addiction. This becomes main theme in season 5 when Amelia relapses and begins using again following her friend's suicide. The season follows her relapse and recovery. When Amelia joins Grey's in season 11, overcoming addiction remains an important part of her story line. Both series commonly discuss AA meetings, sponsors, and the "serenity prayer".
</p><p>In Aaron Sorkin's political drama, <i>The West Wing</i>, the character Leo McGarry is an admitted alcoholic and drug addict. He is reluctant to attend regular AA meetings, feeling the high-profile nature of his position as Chief of Staff of the White House would encourage a media frenzy. The vice president (Tim Matheson) invites him to a "weekly poker game", which turns out to be a secret AA meeting known only to those invited.
</p><p>In CBS' <i>Elementary</i>, Jonny Lee Miller plays an adaptation of Sherlock Holmes who is a recovering drug addict. Several episodes are centered around AA meetings and the process of recovery.
</p><p><i>This is Us</i> is family drama where two of the main characters are members of AA. Generational patterns of addiction are covered. Some episodes feature characters reading AA literature and attending meetings.
</p><p><i>How to Get Away with Murder</i> also features a main character with substance abuse issues, as a recurring theme. In later seasons, Annalise Keating is seen attending AA meetings.
</p>Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220854689697113087.post-76753048005855014482020-11-30T03:42:00.001-08:002020-11-30T03:42:42.971-08:00Notes<br/><br/><br/>Alicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15463807032172202914noreply@blogger.com0