Twenty-four Hours A Day
I already explained a little bit in my story that after I was released from my in-patient stay in a lock down psychiatric ward to detox, I attended an out-patient program. The out-patient program taught me one of the fundamentals of addiction recovery...stay in the day.
A Recovering Addict Watching An Active Addict… It’s Torture
When we were in active addiction we couldn't see ourselves for what we were until the very end when we finally surrendered and asked for help.
No matter what others would tell us about how we looked or acted we somehow rationalized it as them having a problem... not us.
Having an active addict in your family forces you to look close up at addiction but through an outside view. For this recovering addict, watching an active addict is torture.
Amy Winehouse At The Grammys
Amy Winehouse performed at the Grammys via satellite from London last night in her first televised performance since entering into rehab last month.
"Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know, know". I guess those Amy Winehouse lyrics from her song Rehab still ring true...even if she did end up saying yes to rehab.
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