Alcoholic Anonymous Takes Root in Lebanon, Attracts Clients From Across Region

Published August 6, 2010

Alcoholic Anonymous takes root in Lebanon, attracts clients from across region
BEIRUT: “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol/drugs – that our lives had become unmanageable,” is the ritual mantra for the attendees of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings that now take place almost daily in Beirut, and are growing in popularity.
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Driver in Memorial Day fatal crash will be arraigned on vehicular homicide charge Aug. 13
Dana Richard Kempton of Friday Harbor will be arraigned on a charge of vehicular homicide Aug. 13 in San Juan County Superior Court. The charge stems from a crash on Memorial Day in which Kempton’s passenger was killed. Superior Court Judge Donald E. Eaton determined Wednesday there was probable cause to arraign Kempton on the charge, based on an investigation by the San Juan County Sheriff’s …
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Alternatives to the War on Drugs
Dr. Evan Wood is director of the Urban Health Research Initiative, research scientist at the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and associate professor at the Department of Medicine of the University of British Columbia. Am Johal interviewed him in Vancouver.
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