addiction recovery

Addiction Recovery: Cravings To Use

It still amazes me when I sit here and actually ponder the thought of using Oxycontin again. Logically I know it will only lead me back into the horrible downward spiral I just gone done climbing back out of…so what is up with these Oxycontin cravings?

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Christ Has Risen, Where’s My Beer?

I’m not sure about any of you recovering addicts out there but I would use holidays as an excuse to get day drunk. For any of you that aren’t familiar with the term day drunk it means getting drunk during the day. I know, tricky lingo.

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I Had A Dream About Drug Use

There I was in a grocery store standing in the check out line. I have no idea what I was buying but the person in line in front of me was telling me that she had something to get me high. My mother in-law was the cashier and she was looking at me and smiling. [...]

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In Every Life There Is A Little Self Doubt… Right?

I’ve talked before about my need for a routine. It seems that when I let my routine slide a little… I fall apart. This past week my husband was on vacation and we really had a great time going on day trips here and there. All of this fun had me away from my house [...]

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Quick Hello

It has been a while since I’ve posted anything. I’ve been enjoying the little bit of summer that we have left with my family. I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m doing really well and staying on track. I really appreciate the messages that I have received asking if everything is ok. It’s [...]

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People Watching:My Addictive Isolation

I have noticed a quality about myself that I absolutely hate. I have a tendency to pick people apart. It starts off innocently enough with people watching. I’ll be out somewhere just looking at people as they walk by. Then something in my head starts to judge these people. Maybe they have on some shoes [...]

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Addiction Recovery: A Break In The Denial

I had previously written a few posts venting about having to sit back and helplessly watch an addict in the throes of addiction. This post happened to be about watching my own brother in active Oxycontin addiction. His situation was getting pretty bad back in the beginning of November and I was having a hard [...]

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What Is There To Say?

Not much today. I feel like today is one of those days where I just need to keep myself busy. I’ve allowed myself to spend a lot of time over the past few days thinking about my life and my problems. Today… I’m going to just try to smile today. I think that’s a pretty [...]

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Addiction Recovery:Ringing In The New Year

I could start off by listing all of my New Year resolutions but…I don’t make New Year resolutions. Just as I don’t think you have to wait until a Monday to start a new diet you don’t have to wait until the beginning of the year to make resolutions. With that said, I can’t help [...]

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Avoiding Isolation In Addiction Recovery… It Aint Easy

So it has been 1 year, 5 months and some change since I entered into addiction recovery. I have overcome a lot of my bad behaviors and addictive thinking patterns but there is one huge behavior that I am having trouble shaking… isolating. We all know that active addiction and isolation are old chums and [...]

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