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6/07 Press Release

For Immediate Release                          
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: John Baroody (212) 370-9700 x118                             
DJGPR for Guideposts

Sober24.com Announces New Editor and Expands Content

New York, June 1, 2007...Sober24.com, one of the leading recovery community sites online, is pleased to announce a new editor and expanded features on the site. Our new editor, Ames S., spent 15 years editing the AA Grapevine before moving on to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence where he was the Director of Communications for 5 years.  Now Ames joins Sober24, helping to find and shape content for the site.

In that regard, Sober24.com also announces expanding the site to include new features and departments such as:

In My Shoes
Regular recovery blog by new editor, Ames S., covering personal recovery, working the program and issues of the day.

Spotlight On
Unusual experiences in recovery, including feature stories.

FYI: From the Field 
Scientific, medical, advocacy issues relating to alcoholism, drug dependence and recovery from sources beyond the Sober24 community including: advances in addiction science; outside perspectives on the recovery movement; interviews with leaders in the addictions field.

Toolbox 
Scheduled to be added to the site soon is this new handy collection of simple recovery tools.

The new expanded content is integrated into the site complimenting other much-used features as chat rooms, discussion boards, first-person stories, journals and SoberFuse -our proprietary software that helps track ones own recovery progress and guard against relapse.  For more information on these features, go to www.sober24.com      

Sober24 is part of Guideposts’ outreach and commitment to help those in need.  Sober24 welcomes participation by individuals recovering from alcohol or drug addiction and loved ones of someone in recovery (or who needs recovery).

About Sober24
Sober24 is a not-for-profit outreach mission to benefit people from all walks of life impacted by diseases of addiction and/or compulsion, so that they may enrich their ongoing recovery and build upon their gift of sobriety. All are welcome to Sober 24. The only requirement is a desire to get well and be on a path of recovery. 
www.sober24.com

About Guideposts
Guideposts,
a non-profit organization headquartered in Carmel, New York, was co-founded in 1945 by Ruth Stafford Peale and her late husband Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, author of  the landmark book, “The Power of Positive Thinking,”  Guideposts is a trusted and forward-looking force for positive change, helping others by providing life-changing information, products, and services for all in need. 

Guideposts is America’s pre-eminent publisher of inspirational books and magazines with annual book sales of over 6 million copies and a combined paid magazine circulation of over 4.3 million.  The flagship publication is Guideposts magazine, one of America’s top 10 largest monthly magazines with a circulation of 2.4 million and a readership of nearly 8 million.  

 

 

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