June 2010

Mother’s Day

I truly can’t believe it but it’s already time for Mother’s Day again. The year has gone by so quickly but it has also brought so many changes. Last year my Happy Mother’s Day post was about my own mother and the importance of a mother’s support and understanding for her child in their recovery. [...]

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Maybe I’m Not Really an Addict

Just try and tell me that you haven’t had that thought before…anyone, no one, ok then. Good, it’s not just me. Our minds are so f’d up with addictive thinking that we actually try and fool ourselves into believing the thought that possibly we weren’t as bad as we made out to be. We must [...]

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Change Is Inevitable

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You know what is weird? In a professional sense I welcome change. I’m open to procedure changes and I stay positive and try to keep others positive. Why then, in my personal life do I sometimes get so sad about change? This topic has come up in my head tonight because I was reading a [...]

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Are You Still Keeping Secrets In Your Recovery?

“They Say” that a huge part of addiction recovery is un-burdening yourself of all those “secrets” that you keep inside because of the fear of judgment. I guess this goes along with Step 5 of the 12 Steps. You admit to your higher power, yourself, and another human being the exact nature of your wrongs. [...]

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One of THOSE Days…Getting Through Tough Days In Recovery

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So, you know THOSE type of days. Everything that could go wrong does go wrong down to the tiny things like driving away from the drive through to realize that they gave you a flavored iced coffee instead of the coffee flavored iced coffee that you wanted and needed…desperately. So on a day when all [...]

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Diabetes And Addiction Are A Lot Alike

I’m going to catch some shit about this article…I can already tell. There are going to be people who are suffering from Diabetes reading this, thinking that I am insulting them by comparing addiction to diabetes. But hear me out.

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