Cymbalta Withdrawal Only Exists On Message Boards
Earlier I had written a post titled Cymbalta Withdrawal Symptoms Suck where I had gone on a rant of all the shitty Cymbalta withdrawal symptoms I was feeling. To my surprise, that post became very popular and a lot of people have weighed in about their experience while weening off Cymbalta.
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 times.
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 am someone with answers...I'm not. I don't think there are too many answers in addiction recovery, mainly there are questions.
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 many tranquilizers) to get myself through this horrific ordeal. If I wasn't completely "relaxed" during my flight there is no telling what could happen...or so I believed.
Recently I experienced flying for the first time without the help of tranquilizers. You want to know what - I'm not afraid of flying. Sure I get a little nervous as I assume most people do at times, but I am able to calm myself down without the use of a mood altering substance. So why is it that I believed I was afraid of flying?
Have You Ever Relapsed?
It is my belief, and the belief of alcoholics anonymous and narcotics anonymous that being in recovery means abstinence from all mood altering substances. With that explained...have you ever relapsed?
Relapse Prevention: You Can Change Your Friends But What About Family?
Every person in addiction recovery has changed their socializing situations in order to avoid the dreaded relapse. We are told that certain people and certain situations can be triggers. What do we do when some of our triggers are also family members?
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, I feel that I couldn't live without doing this.
Instead of cowering from self examination I now seek it out. I am always looking for ways to look a little deeper inside so I can see what is going on with me. But it's not always easy.
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 basic needs are being met, we are less likely to turn to drugs or alcohol to solve any unmet basic needs.
But, things happen. Sleepless nights, skipped meals, solitude, and even the occasional angry outburst. It is really important to make sure that you realize that any of these basic needs left unmet can leave you searching for ways to artificially change the way you are feeling.
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 to have learned in recovery
- Tag seven people at the end of your post and include links to their blog
- Let each person know that they have been tagged by posting a comment on their blog
So here we go...Seven things I'm grateful to have learned in recovery:
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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