addiction recovery

Putting It All Out There

Lately I’ve been trying to find some ways of publicizing my site. I’m finding it’s not that easy with a site that focuses on addiction recovery. But I was able to find a pretty cool site that let’s you do your own blog reviews

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Addiction Recovery: Ebbs And Flows

When I am having a hard time with my addiction recovery for some reason I start to think that it is always hard, that I’m always struggling. Then I take a look at some of my previous posts and I realize…no I have had just as many easy and harmonious times as I have difficult [...]

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In Addiction Recovery, What Do The Winners Do?

Do you consider yourself one of the winners? I received this question via email from someone that is just entering into addiction recovery. This person is seeking the experience from others as an aid to their own recovery. Going by the name of my site, What Winners Do, one might get the impression that I [...]

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Breaking Down Bad Beliefs In Addiction Recovery

The beliefs that I’m talking about breaking down in addiction recovery have to do with what you believe to be true about yourself. This occurred to me while being on an airplane recently. There was a time that I believed that I was terrified of flying and that I needed to take a tranquilizer (or [...]

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Examining Yourself In Addiction Recovery

There was a time, even in early addiction recovery when self examination was a very scary thing for me. I avoided it, I ran from it, I feared it. As my addiction recovery has chugged along, I have found it easier and easier to take a good look at myself. Not only is it easier, [...]

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HALT Hungry Angry Lonely Tired Even After All This Time

Those of us in recovery have gotten used to the acronym H.A.L.T which translates to hungry, angry, lonely, tired. But have we gotten too used to it? By paying attention to these four areas of our being we are making sure that are very basic needs are being met. When we make sure that our [...]

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I’ve Been Tagged For A Recovery Meme

I was tagged by Discovering Recovering to participate in a recovery meme and I couldn’t be more pleased about it. I think it fits in really great with the fast approaching Thanksgiving. The rules are simple: Link to the person’s blog who tagged you Post these rules on your blog List seven things you’re grateful [...]

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My New Addiction: Yahoo Answers

Well it’s official, I now have a new addiction…Yahoo Answers. Have you guys checked this out yet? I spend about an hour each day answering mental health questions for strangers. What am I doing?

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Go After Addiction Recovery Like A Newcomer

Do you remember what it was like when you were a newcomer to addiction recovery? If you were anything like me, you pursued recovery. You went after it, you studied it and you spent a lot of time building up your addiction recovery fundamental skills. As time goes on, you feel a little more comfortable [...]

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Addiction Recovery: The Relationship Aftermath

I had written a post about dealing with the consequences of addiction and it occurred to me that I never wrote about what consequences addiction recovery has on relationships. We know first hand what consequences substance abuse has on our relationships but what about addiction recovery?

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