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A Touch Of The Sniffles, Get Me Some NyQuil

I abused over the counter drugs for many years. I used situations where I was "sick" to sleep days at a time away with the help of OTC drugs like NyQuil. Since I am no longer practicing this destructive behavior the question is now presented to me: I have a cold, what do I do?

Addictive Thinking: The “Normals”, The Idiots, And The Addicts

I was taking a look online for some addiction related videos and found a series of addiction related videos of Dr. Robert Lefever. In this series he tackles a lot of the main topics of addiction and addiction recovery in a way that can make sense to anyone. One of the videos that I found interesting is called Recovery 7: What Makes An Addict. Here he explains the difference between these people...are you normal, an idiot, or an addict?

Problem Solving In Addiction Recovery

I think it's important to keep focus in addiction recovery. Focus on the big picture. I think that problem solving in addiction recovery is a huge part of keeping that focus.

I find it very easy to lose myself in the details. I can tend to ignore some of the lessons that were so hard learned in my early recovery. There are a few key areas that I have lost focus on lately. With the help of my problem solving skills I am hoping to regain my focus.

Addictive Thinking: Preoccupied With Past Thoughts

You are driving in your car and for some reason in your mind you are going over something that happened in the past. You are thinking about what you could have said, should have done, would now do differently. Why are we preoccupied with past thoughts?

Trying To Remember I Have Human Imperfection

Sometimes in life we don't handle situations in the best way possible. Sure, we may work on handling things as they come but that doesn't ensure that how we handle things is always going to be the right way.

I have made a particularly big mess of things in my life lately. While I think it's important for people to practice taking responsibility for their choices, as difficult as that may be, I think it is also very important to remember that none of us are perfect and if in hind site you see that you haven't handled a situation in the best possible way... you need to be forgiving with yourself.

Identifying Addictive Thinking

I have talked about addictive thinking in the past and surprise, surprise... here I go again.

The reason for me bringing up addictive thinking so often? The reason is that I still see that old addictive thinking trying to creep it's way back in from time to time.

So if addictive thinking never goes away... what's the point of all this? Well, even though it hasn't entirely disappeared from my brain, I am getting pretty good at identifying addictive thinking.