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State Bar & Bar Associations

Mar. 19, 2020

Without meetings, lawyers find ways to help colleagues seeking to end their substance abuse

With social distancing orders that limit the size of gatherings, group meetings used by Alcoholics Anonymous and other such organizations to encourage and support those seeking to overcome addiction will not be possible during the next few weeks but lawyers are finding ways to cope

Without meetings, lawyers find ways to help colleagues seeking to end their substance abuse
An almost empty bar inside Clockwark Bar in New York, March 13, 2020. (New York Times News Service)

With social distancing orders that limit the size of gatherings, group meetings used by Alcoholics Anonymous and other such organizations to encourage and support those seeking to overcome addiction will not be possible during the next few weeks, but lawyers are finding ways to cope.

Former State Bar President James O. Heiting, managing partner at Heiting & Irwin APLC, said Wednesday that phone calls are a good temporary substitu...

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