Are You Still Keeping Secrets In Your Recovery?

“They Say” that a huge part of addiction recovery is un-burdening yourself of all those “secrets” that you keep inside because of the fear of judgment. I guess this goes along with Step 5 of the 12 Steps. You admit to your higher power, yourself, and another human being the exact nature of your wrongs. [...]

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One of THOSE Days…Getting Through Tough Days In Recovery

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So, you know THOSE type of days. Everything that could go wrong does go wrong down to the tiny things like driving away from the drive through to realize that they gave you a flavored iced coffee instead of the coffee flavored iced coffee that you wanted and needed…desperately. So on a day when all [...]

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Diabetes And Addiction Are A Lot Alike

I’m going to catch some shit about this article…I can already tell. There are going to be people who are suffering from Diabetes reading this, thinking that I am insulting them by comparing addiction to diabetes. But hear me out.

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Breathing A Sigh of Relief

I have been going on for a couple of posts about my inability to talk about some stuff that has really been bothering me. Well, it is with a huge sigh of relief that I tell you that I was finally able to open up about these issues (the details of which I won’t bore [...]

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Putting It All Out There

Lately I’ve been trying to find some ways of publicizing my site. I’m finding it’s not that easy with a site that focuses on addiction recovery. But I was able to find a pretty cool site that let’s you do your own blog reviews

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Hey Look at My Narcotics Anonymous Key Tag, I’m a Drug Addict

Anyone who has gone to a Narcotics Anonymous meeting knows that just as they do in Alcoholics Anonymous they celebrate lengths of sobriety. There is just one difference. Instead of giving you a nice little chip that you can keep in a private place and be proud of like you get in Alcoholics Anonymous, you [...]

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Accept The Things I Cannot Change

I was thinking about the part of the serenity prayer that says “grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change”. Now, I’m not going to try and fool you into thinking that I go to NA/AA meetings all the time by talking the talk. But, I do want to point out that [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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