All Alaska 2017 Program Friday Registration Starts at 12:30pm Click here for registration form. 1pm: Speaker Workshop with Charlie C. 2pm-3pm: “Walking through fear” 3pm-4pm:“Failure is nothing but redirection” Dinner Break 8pm: Speaker Meeting – Peg M. 9:30pm: Entertainment Contact: Andrew I 907-830-7319, Joel C 907-980-2311 or Michael Ann C 907-414-8132 for more information & Keegan F 907-947-4499 to …
2017 is the year of mindful drinking
Whether you’re making any resolutions for the new year or not, you can still drink mindfully. Set your own goals based on your personal motives and what is right for you. Here are seven habits of mindful drinkers. Read more here. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER FOR MORE NEWS LIKE THIS, STRAIGHT IN YOUR INBOX! [subscribe2 id=”17401″ size=”20″]
During National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week, NIDA and NIAAA scientists will hold their annual web chat with hundreds of teens from around the country. National Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day will be held Jan. 26, 2017 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST. Further details on the popular annual chat, including registration information and transcripts from previous years, can be …
National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week
National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW) will take place Jan. 23-29, 2017. NDAFW is an annual, week-long observance that brings together teens and scientific experts to shatter the myths about substance use and addiction. Learn more here. Let’s use this week to help Alaskans understand the harm of excessive alcohol consumption and break down the myths of addiction. …
34th Annual Alaska Health Summit: “The Changing Landscape of Public Health”
The annual Alaska Health Summit takes place on Tues, January 17 to Thurs, January 19, 2017 at the Hotel Captain Cook, Anchorage, Alaska and is one of the largest gatherings of health care providers in the state. The purpose of the Summit is to provide educational opportunities to health care providers, public health practitioners, policy makers, and legislators on current …
Grown Into Addiction
Two Recovering Addicts Share Their Paths to Serenity After Conquering Substance Abuse When we think of a person with a drug or alcohol addiction, we tend to imagine adults. But many of the recovering addicts we spoke to said their habits started in childhood and escalated over time. For some, it stemmed from a family history of substance abuse, while …
2 Your Health: New Year’s resolutions to avoid alcohol
“When a person decides they want to quit, I would say reach out for help immediately because you might not hold onto that feeling of wanting to quit for very long and the sooner you talk to somebody else about it the easier it is to make it a reality,” said Recover Alaska’s Tiffany Hall in this KTUU story about …
Alaska legislature to expect revisions on alcohol laws
Alaska’s alcohol statutes are expected to be revised for the first time in 36 years when legislature convenes in 2017. Read more here. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER FOR MORE NEWS LIKE THIS, STRAIGHT IN YOUR INBOX! [subscribe2 id=”17401″ size=”20″]
Where the heaviest-drinking Americans live
How do drinking habits in Alaska compare? The Department of Health and Human Services recently updated the official federal statistics on the percent of state residents ages 12 and older who drink at least once a month. Read more here. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER FOR MORE NEWS LIKE THIS, STRAIGHT IN YOUR INBOX! [subscribe2 id=”17401″ size=”20″]