{"id":96225,"date":"2021-10-01T14:56:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T16:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-alcoholics-anonymous-hispanic-women-in-a-a-share-their-experiences-of-hope-and-recovery\/"},"modified":"2021-10-01T15:00:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T19:00:02","slug":"alcoholicos-anonimos-mujeres-hispanas-en-aa-comparten-experiencias-de-esperanza-y-recuperacion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/alcoholicos-anonimos-mujeres-hispanas-en-aa-comparten-experiencias-de-esperanza-y-recuperacion\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcoholics Anonymous: Hispanic Women in A.A. share their experiences of hope and recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p\/>\n<p><i>Before A.A., I lived a very sad life. Loneliness and drinking were my companions. I loved \u2014 or rather, I needed \u2014 to drink. It was an extraordinarily powerful but temporary &#8220;medicine.&#8221; \u2026I came <\/i><i>to A.A \u2026I started listening to the stories and identifying. <\/i>(Rosa)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 1, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The 15 stories contained in the most recent Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) recovery publication, &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3309580-1&amp;h=4154297989&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aa.org%2Fassets%2Fen_US%2Fp-90-HispanicWomeninAA.pdf&amp;a=Hispanic+Women+in+A.A.\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hispanic Women in A.A.<\/a>,&#8221; share the experience, strength and hope of a wide variety of Hispanic women, all of them alcoholics who found sobriety and a new way of life within A.A. The pamphlet was developed over the course of two years with a working group of Spanish-speaking A.A. women from around the country. Amalia C., a member of the A.A. General Service Board literature committee shared, &#8220;We called for personal stories reflecting both social and economic diversity. We wanted Hispanic women from any background to be able to identify.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgbe53left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgbe53left\" title=\"Alcoholics Anonymous: Hispanic Women in A.A. share their experiences of hope and recovery\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Alcoholics Anonymous: Hispanic Women in A.A. share their experiences of hope and recovery\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1640696\/Alcoholics_Anonymous_World_Services.jpg \" imagelabel=\"General\"\/><\/div>\n<p>When it comes to getting help, &#8220;Certain parts of our society are not as well represented as others,&#8221; Amalia points out, and Spanish-speaking women are one such group. &#8220;The stigma of alcoholism is greater within the Hispanic community, especially for women,&#8221; says Amalia. &#8220;It can actually feel shameful to seek help.&#8221; This sentiment is echoed by Irene D., General Service Office literature coordinator. &#8220;The stories in this pamphlet are for women, by women who may have had to fight adversities to find recovery&#8230; The pamphlet is easy to pick up, easy to carry around and easy to give to other women.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A.A. has multiple resources in Spanish, including the bi-monthly magazine <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3309580-1&amp;h=3857666053&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aalavina.org%2F&amp;a=La+Vi%C3%B1a\" rel=\"nofollow\">La Vi\u00f1a<\/a>, made up of stories from the Hispanic community, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3309580-1&amp;h=868385471&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Flvtienda.aagrapevine.org%2Fmujeres-en-aa&amp;a=Mujeres+en+AA\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mujeres en AA<\/a><i>,<\/i>\u00a0a new Spanish-language collection of women&#8217;s stories.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3309580-1&amp;h=4114671611&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aa.org%2F&amp;a=www.aa.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.aa.org<\/a>. To view a Public Service Announcement, click <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3309580-1&amp;h=336587584&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aa.org%2Fpages%2Fes_ES%2Ftengo-esperanza-psa&amp;a=Tengo+Esperanza\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tengo Esperanza<\/a>. To find an A.A. meeting, download the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3309580-1&amp;h=3733567196&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aa.org%2Fpages%2Fen_US%2Fmeeting-guide&amp;a=A.A.W.S.+Meeting+Guide+app\" rel=\"nofollow\">A.A.W.S. Meeting Guide app<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whether in person or online \u2014 if you have a drinking problem, A.A. may be able to help. For more information, contact the Public Information desk at the General Service Office at\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:publicinfo@aa.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">publicinfo@aa.org<\/a> or (212) 870-3119.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contact:<\/b>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:pressinfo@aa.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">pressinfo@aa.org<\/a> <br \/>(212) 870-3119<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3309580-1&amp;h=520648505&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1640696%2FAlcoholics_Anonymous_World_Services.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1640696%2FAlcoholics_Anonymous_World_Services.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1640696\/Alcoholics_Anonymous_World_Services.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p \/>\n<p><i>Before A.A., I lived a very sad life. Loneliness and drinking were my companions. I loved \u2014 or rather, I needed \u2014 to drink. It was an extraordinarily powerful but temporary &#8220;medicine.&#8221; \u2026I came <\/i><i>to A.A \u2026I started listening to the stories and identifying. <\/i>(Rosa)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 1, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The 15 stories contained in the most recent Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) recovery publication, &#8220;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}