See Oracle Database Security Guide for more information about case-sensitive database passwords. To produce these reports, a database administrator uses a query language. By far the most widely used, and a prerequisite for any database administrator worth is SQL, the...
Twelve Step groups have been online since the dawn of the internet. I joined my first sober “BBS” (bulletin board system) meeting in early 1995. We shared experience, strength and hope via group emails. The internet was brand new, and it was exciting to be talking...
By the time I got sober, I was already in graduate school. My addiction took away money, self-respect and relationships, but it didn’t take away my academic career. I was fortunate enough to be able to stay in school while drinking and using. Many are not so lucky....
I was in ninth grade when I had my first drink and tried my first drug. A few weeks before that bottle of Andre champagne came to my lips, my high school had had an anti-drug assembly. A uniformed deputy sheriff led the assembly; he gave a slide presentation about...
I grew up the son of two college professors. We were a family that valued science and reason and learning. For my parents, the key to solving a problem was understanding it. If you knew “why” you were feeling a certain way, you could figure out how to change it. This...
Whether you’re brand new to sobriety or you’ve been around a while, you’ve surely noticed that we live in a remarkable time. Although twelve-step groups never take a stance on outside issues, it’s common sense to acknowledge that politics today are more divisive and...
