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Aging Issues

• ABA Resources for Senior Lawyers
• Elder Life Planning
• National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, Inc.
• Family Caregiver Alliance
• U.S. Dep't of Health and Human Services Administration on Aging
• U.S. Dep't of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health
• American Association of Retired Persons
• National Council on the Aging
• Positive Aging Resource Center

Bill W. Videos

• Tradition 1
• Tradition 2
• Tradition 3
• Talks about meeting Dr. Bob
• Talks about the History
• Bill Wilson tells his story
• Part two of his story
• Part three of his story
• Part four of his story
• Part five of his story
• Part six of his story
• Part seven of his story
• Part eight of his story (Lois talks too)

Depression

• Working Long Hours Doubles Depression Odds from CNN Health
• Blues vs. Depression: Be Alert for the Signs from Attorney at Work
• Even Lawyers Get the Blues from the Wall Street Journal
• Lawyers With Depression Created for lawyers with depression, by a lawyer with depression
• Depression Questionnaire contains 16 simple questions that may help identify common symptoms of depression
• depressionchat.com post messages and ask questions to be answered by other Depression Chat peers
• webmd.com offers medical information on a wide variety of topics, including depression.
• freedomfromfear.org an anxiety and depression resource organization
• Men & Depression: Facing Darkness an article from Newsweek
• National Institute of Mental Health offers a booklet that describes symptoms, causes, and treatments, with information on getting help and coping
• Depression Screening sponsored by the National Mental Health Association
• Psychology Information Online provides information about depression

Gambling

• National Problem Gambling Awareness Week
• NCAA brackets illegal, creates ‘gambling madness’—CMU News Source
• Gamblers Anonymous Meeting List—Detroit Area PDF
• Gamblers Anonymous International Directory
• MAPG—Michigan Association on Problem Gambling

Intervention

• Introduction to Intervention PDF

Mental Health

• Blues vs. Depression: Be Alert for the Signs from Attorney at Work
• What a Difference a Friend Makes—for people living with mental illness & their friends
• Mental Health InfoSource
• National Institute of Mental Health

Wellbeing

• Lawyers' Wellbeing—Helping lawyers make their lives an upward spiral
• Lawyers Wellbeing Blog

Recovery

• Addiction Recovery Resources for the Professional
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs
• Attorney, Interrupted: Seeking Meaning, Recovery for a Legal Life Lost by attorney Raymond L. Thomas
• Center for Creative Living
• Dual Recovery Anonymous
• International Lawyers in Alcoholics Anonymous
• Narcotics Anonymous World Services
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Sober Sailors
• Sobriety and Recovery Resources
• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
• The Primary Purpose Website
• Treatment 4 Addiction

Stress

• Stress Management for Lawyers (40 minutes video) presented by Martha Burkett, program administrator for Lawyers and Judges Assistance Program. Easy viewing in Internet Explorer.
• Law School and Stress
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Stress at Work

Miscellaneous

• Substance Abuse and Attorney Discipline by John P. Ratnaswamy
• Management Resources from the ABA

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