March 2010

Addiction Recovery: Identifying Feelings

So you enter into addiction recovery and the promise is that before you know it you will begin to have “feelings” again. It’s not easy dealing with this after going for whatever period of time numbing your feelings and emotions. But you would think after being in recovery since January I would kind of get [...]

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Happy Fourth Of July

Happy Fourth of July to everyone. I hope you have fun gathering with friends and family to celebrate our countries independence. Maybe catch a parade, have a cookout and wrap the day up with some fireworks. What could be better than that? Last year’s Fourth of July was a pretty difficult time for me. Being [...]

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We’re Only As Sick As Our Secrets

We’ve all heard this saying in addiction recovery that we’re only as sick as our secrets. This is something that I think holds 100% truth. I had explained a couple of weeks ago that my sibling that was in recovery was now in active addiction again. He has now once again broke the news to [...]

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Why Do You Tempt Me?

This will just be a quick one but I was just looking on an addiction message board. I like to check out other sites and see what people are doing, what kind of questions are being asked and just to read some stuff from some people that are in the same boat as myself.

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Identifying The Addiction Area Of The Brain Will Lead To Advances In Addiction Treatment

You know how they get lab rats all hooked on junk for scientific reasons? Well, it looks as though this has paid off recently with the identification of the “addiction area” in the brain. Scientists have found that with an injection into the brain of the lab rat, they can temporarily eliminate the rat’s desire [...]

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You Have Got To Check Out Mereggie, A.K.A. Me Reggie McDonald – A True Story

Although I had seen Sickgirl’s post about mereggie on The Write Thought, I hadn’t checked out the mereggie site until right now…it is amazing. It is one of those sites that really hits home. Maybe it reminds you of how fortunate you and your family were that you didn’t end up like this…or it might [...]

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Addiction Recovery: My Motivation Level Hasn’t Changed

It occurred to me, as I’m sitting here thinking about all the stuff I have to get done today, that I would never have completed all the things on my daily “to do” list when I was actively addicted to Oxycontin. Has my motivation level change all that much?

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I’m a Drug Addict Not a Journalist

If you are very early in your recovery from drugs or alcohol you were probably given the advice to keep a journal. I know, I know, I felt exactly the same way. It just sounds pretty lame. Plus addicts are not the type of people that want to have any permanent record of the weird [...]

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Who Do Feelings Still Scare The Shit Out Of Me?

It’s been just about two years clean for me and still I struggle with feelings and emotions. I often wonder what I’m doing wrong. Why do feelings still bother me so much? Why do I tend to keep things in even though I KNOW that it’s harmful to me? What the fuck am I so [...]

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Amy Winehouse In Rehab…Again

Let me start out by saying that I am a huge fan of Amy Winehouse’s music. I absolutely love her style and feel that in the world of today’s music, it is very unique. What is not unique is Amy Winehouse’s addiction problems. She has been on a downward spiral for a long time which [...]

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