Epiphanies: Slowly Building Up Life Skills In Addiction Recovery
So I've talked, almost a sickening amount, about how active addiction keeps us from developing life skills. But what I really haven't discussed is how being in addiction recovery makes building up life skills possible.
There I am driving down the road. I should be concentrating on, oh I don't know... driving. But I'm not. I'm thinking about what it would take for my husband, my son and myself to be able to move out of where we live now. This train of thought somehow turned into setting goals for myself and then... Boom. It hit me, an epiphany.
How Is Addiction Recovery Like Baseball?
When you think of addiction recovery you usually don't associate this with baseball BUT after reading the following quote I think you will agree that in our addiction recovery and in our spiritual lives we should be striving to be more like the game of baseball.
"Baseball teaches us, or has taught most of us, how to deal with failure. We learn at a very young age that failure is the norm in baseball and, precisely because we have failed, we hold in high regard those who fail less often - those who hit safely in one out of three chances and become star players. I also find it fascinating that baseball, alone in sport, considers errors to be part of the game, part of it's rigorous truth."
-Francis T. Vincent, Jr., Commissioner of Baseball
It is very easy in life to lose perspective and think that you should somehow strive for perfection. This can do a real number on your self-esteem which can leave you with internal pain and...looking for a way to numb that pain.
Have You Ever Heard Of A Second-Round Addiction?
You probably have heard of a second-round addiction you just don't know it by that name. Basically a second round-addiction is a substitute addiction that you pick up once you are in recovery. How do you avoid second-round addictions and how do you know if you already have one?
Happy Mothers Day
My mother was so supportive of me when I finally told my family I had a substance abuse problem. Since it is Mothers Day I thought it was fitting to talk about what role a supportive mother can have in addiction recovery.
Cymbalta Online Petition: Make Cymbalta Withdrawl Symptoms Known
I just wanted to give a quick thanks to those of you that have already signed the online Cymbalta petition that I created. I have just reached a second page of signatures (it's only 52 people but a 2nd page none the less).
Tag Your It – Favorite Five Meme
I was recently tagged by bottlecappie over at Diary Of A Quitter to participate in the Favorite Five meme.
Let me just say that I get nervous when I get tagged for things like this. I appreciate it, I really do, but I start to get nervous about who I'm going to tag. Do I even know 5 people? But I'll give it a shot anyway.
As For Patience… I Have None
From time to time we all struggle right? So what am I struggling with at the moment? Patience. Actually a lack of patience better describes it.
There are times when I go along feeling pretty centered. Unshakable even. Right now? Not so much. I'm flying off the handle more often than I would like.
So how do you deal with a lack of patience? No really, I'm asking. So far... I'm not dealing so well. I find myself shaking my head a lot and saying "I can't, I just fucking can't". Well that's no way to deal right.
But then you know, you think of some of the things that you've learned in recovery. Usually about this time a nice recovery catch phrase fits nicely. Something like... "this too shall pass". You just kind of hang on and ride it out.
So that's where I am at right now... just trying to hang on and ride it out. I'll let you know how that works out for me 
Addiction Recovery Realted Movie: Things We Lost In The Fire
You may or may not have realized that I love to delve into all things related to addiction recovery. Usually this is in the form of reading but thanks to the upcoming release of the movie Things We Lost In The Fire starring Benicio Del Toro and Halle Berry I can get my fill while watching the big screen.
Things We Lost In The Fire is said to be a very real adaptation of someone in the throes of addiction who makes his way into addiction recovery. I have NOT seen this movie yet but from what I read, it seems like it represents a very realistic story of addiction and recovery. So what is the story line of this move?
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