addictive thinking

What a Cliche… Lonely on Valentine’s Day

Separated from my husband and without my kid on the weekends can leave me with a lot of down time. I try and fill that time with something constructive like working. But this weekend I find myself with nothing but time. Throw in the fact that yesterday was Valentine’s Day and that everyone I usually [...]

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Just Roll With It – The Importance Of Being Open To Change

I don’t think I’m wrong in saying that a good number of addicts and alcoholics, whether active or not, have a teeny weeny problem with change. It could be we lack the skills necessary to just roll with things, it could be that the way that we have dealt with change, good or bad, in [...]

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Trying to White Knuckle it

Since I am trying to get used to being a more open and honest person I decided to join a few online groups. I have been making posts and replying to other peoples posts. What I am finding kind of shocking is the amount of people out there who are staying clean by white knuckling [...]

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Addictive Behavior: Procrastination

I procrastinate. There, I figured I would go ahead and say that right away before I put it off. Procrastination is a character flaw that I share with many other recovering addicts. Why do we procrastinate? Well it’s certainly not because it feels good.

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Last Post On Cymbalta Withdrawal Symptoms

Over the past couple of months I have been posting some articles dealing with my own experience of weening of Cymbalta and what Cymbalta withdrawal symptoms I have had. This will be the last Cymbalta related post…I swear.

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Addictive Thinking: The Way I Deal With Pain Has Changed

I kind of touched on this subject before but I have realized that since being in addiction recovery, the way that I deal with aches and pains has really changed…for the better.

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Addiction Recovery: Sickness or Backsliding?

In active addiction, part of my avoidance tactics included taking something like a small nagging headache and turning it into a reason to miss work, lay in bed all day and pretty much take a vacation from life. Since those minor aches and pains show up more and more in active addiction…I spent a lot [...]

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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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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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Instant Gratification Is A Huge Part of Addiction

Our world today is based upon instant gratification. Taking into consideration all of the technology that allows us to get what we want right when we want it, it’s really no wonder that we are trying to apply that standard to our emotional state. Think of all the ways that people use drugs or alcohol [...]

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