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Need help for alcoholic friend

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I'm looking for an organization who can help my khmer friend with alcoholism that's destroying her life and the lives of her children.
she is a woman in her 40's. Any recommendations?
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I think there is some Khmer AA literature now.

Contact the local AA chapter, they have the materials.

I think Friends on St. 13 has some contacts, too.
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Even then, don't come knocking...Not for ANY reason.
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Good for you, I really hope she gets the help she needs.


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superferret wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2017 2:16 pm I'm looking for an organization who can help my khmer friend with alcoholism that's destroying her life and the lives of her children.
she is a woman in her 40's. Any recommendations?
Please save jokes for other threads. Thanks
A waste of time unless she seeks help herself.
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I’m not exactly a fan of AA and their twelve steps & that god gives you the power and all that BS, but here you go: http://www.aacambodia.org/cambodia_aa_contacts
I actually don't give a flying fuck, furthermore nice to meet you all here! :thumb:
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superferret wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2017 2:16 pm I'm looking for an organization who can help my khmer friend with alcoholism that's destroying her life and the lives of her children.
she is a woman in her 40's. Any recommendations?
Please save jokes for other threads. Thanks
I think I met her before.
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Jerry Atrick wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2017 4:49 pm
superferret wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2017 2:16 pm I'm looking for an organization who can help my khmer friend with alcoholism that's destroying her life and the lives of her children.
she is a woman in her 40's. Any recommendations?
Please save jokes for other threads. Thanks
A waste of time unless she seeks help herself.
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Melvin Udall: Never, never, interrupt me, okay?

Not if there's a fire, not even if you hear the sound of a thud from my home and one week later there's a smell coming from there that can only be a decaying human body and you have to hold a hanky to your face because the stench is so thick that you think you're going to faint.

Even then, don't come knocking...Not for ANY reason.
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Beerinthemorning wrote:
superferret wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2017 2:16 pm I'm looking for an organization who can help my khmer friend with alcoholism that's destroying her life and the lives of her children.
she is a woman in her 40's. Any recommendations?
Please save jokes for other threads. Thanks
I think I met her before.
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Borum-Ex frm TOForum wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2017 5:13 pm I’m not exactly a fan of AA and their twelve steps & that god gives you the power and all that BS, but here you go: http://www.aacambodia.org/cambodia_aa_contacts
you might not be a fan of AA,but you cant deny it works.....FYI ,its a Higher Power ,not a God,that can be anything of your choosing......AA saves lives,maybe it can save hers(and her kids)
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I briefly worked with people on drugs/excess alcohol, and the ones that got off and stayed off usually credited some kind of religious thing
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