January 2010

The Importance of Support in Addiction Recovery

For anyone who has entered into addiction recovery, one thing becomes clear…support is needed in order for you to be successful in your addiction recovery. “You alone can do it, but you cannot do it alone” – O. Hobart Mowrer But what makes support such an important component to a successful recovery? And what is [...]

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The Importance of a Routine

Every so often I feel myself coming undone. Not in a severe way where I am contemplating using again, but in a more subtle way like my edges are just starting to unravel. I guess my fear of going back to my old ways keeps me on the look out for these littlest changes in [...]

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Nikki Sixx – Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rockstar

This morning I was laying in bed listening to Opie And Anthony on the radio and their guest, Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue, was talking about the release of his book Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star. Although I’m not a huge fan of Motley Crue (not since the [...]

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Getting Back To Center In Addiction Recovery

Many, many times since entering into addiction recovery and starting this blog you have heard me say that my recovery ebbs and flows. I’m either on point, full steam ahead or I’m just barely hanging in there… trying to survive. Lately I felt that I have been neither of those two scenarios. I have actually [...]

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Oh Little Brother… Still Fucking Up

For anyone who has kept up with this site you are familiar with the fact that I have a younger brother who struggles with an Oxycontin addiction just like his big sis. I have told you about how it’s torture for a recovering addict to watch an active addict. The helplessness you feel when you [...]

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Addiction Recovery: Using The Secret

I have been reading The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. This book talks about positive thinking and what effect it has on the law of attraction. The Secret stresses the importance that your thoughts have on the outcome of your life. What statement could be truer than that to a recovering addict?

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