Ministries and Resources
Recovery Commission
The Recovery Commission of the diocese was established pursuant to a General Convention Resolution in 1979 “requesting each diocese of the Church to form a Committee on Alcoholism, working under the guidance of the Bishop, and including in its membership, representatives from the clergy and laity, and if possible, both recovering and non-alcoholics. Each local committee would work in conjunction with local and regional health resources, councils on alcoholism, and the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous to provide materials for education and training on the subject of alcoholism and alcohol abuse and its effect on quality of life”. Each diocese was also requested to, through this committee, develop a written policy containing diocesan policies in regard to the use of alcohol in parishes. The subsequent GC Resolution in 1985 broadened the scope of the earlier resolution to include addictions of all kinds, hence the name and focus change.
The Commission has no paid personnel, but counts on the active participation of interested clergy and laity on a volunteer basis. We try to meet bi-monthly either at the Cathedral or Diocesan House. Funds requested for our budget are mainly for the purchase of materials and their distribution, retreat leadership, and to maintain our connection with our National Church parent organization.
Commission members:
Janet Charney, The Rev. Daniel FitzSimmons, The Rev. Donna Jean Kiessling, John Miller, and Canon Gwendolyn-Jane Romeril. Consultants include: Canon Calvin Adams and The Rev. Betsy Myers.
Recovery Sunday
Bishop Paul and the Recovery Commission have asked parishes to designate
a Sunday during Epiphany or Lent as Recovery Sunday. The commission
has
purchased materials from the national organization, Recovery Ministries,
as an aid to worship committees in planning the service. The commission
is planning several activities to promote recovery throughout the diocese.
The various diseases of addiction affect the life of the church at all
levels. Questions may be directed to Recovery Commission chair The
Rev. Canon Calvin Adams
of St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church
Underage Drinking Concerns All
Whether kids start binge drinking at college is strongly influenced by whether they can get their hands on fake ID’s.
That’s what University of Missouri researchers found in a recent study of heavy drinking by underage college students.
Kids who are younger than 21 are already twice as likely to binge drink as their older college peers. But having a fake ID
dramatically increases the odds.
The Missouri study quizzed a sample of 3,720 undergraduates during their freshman and sophomore years. They found
that students with fake ID’s were five to six times more likely to go on a heavy drinking binge at least once a week,
compared to those who didn’t have an easy way to sneak into clubs or buy alcohol. (Binge drinking is defined as five drinks
or more in a sitting for men, and four drinks or more for women.)
Even if your kid doesn’t have a fake ID before entering college, he or she may work hard to get one. The study, published
this summer in Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, also found that before college, 12.5 percent of the kids had fake ID’s; by the
fourth semester, nearly one-third did. Belonging to a fraternity or sorority also increased the likelihood that the student
had a fake ID. Read it all here.
RESOURCES
Listed are websites related to alcohol/other drug use problems. For instance, if you want to know the AA meeting schedule in your area, click on the AA website. If you want to know how to talk to your kids about alcohol/other durg issues, click on the antidrug website. The list will be expanded as time goes by. If you have relevant websites, feel free to send them to the webmaster for consideration as an additional link on the page.
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services, National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information. 800-729-6686 for pamphlets and links www.health.org
Office of National Drug Control Policy 800-788-2800
www.theantidrug.com
Parenting is Prevention Project 404-248-9676
www.parentingisprevention.org
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America 703-706-0560
www.cadca.org
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
www.niaaa.nih.gov
National Institute on Drug Abuse. 301-443-1124
www.drugabuse.gov
Families in Action National Drug Information Center 770-934-6364
www.nationalfamilies.org
National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence 212-206-6770
www.ncadd.org
AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) 212-870-3400
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
Al_Anon and Alateen (families and children of people whose drinking is a problem) 1-888-425-2666
www.Al-anon.Alateen.org
Narcotics Anonymous (drug abusers) 818-773-9999
www.na.org
Nar-Anon (families and children of people whose drug use is a problem) 310-547-5800.
www.nar-anon.org
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
www.casacolumbia.org
Join Together activist group
www.jointogether.org
Episcopal Church Recovery Ministries
http://episcopalrecovery.org/index_files/themessage.htm
Have Dinner with Your Family Day
www.CASAFamilyDay.org
www.casacolumbia.org
Alcohol/Other Drug IQ Test
Non-alcoholic Beverage Recipes
Beyond Hangovers: Understanding alcohol'd impact on your health
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