What Winners Do – An Addiction Recovery Blog — Stories, Struggles And Success of A Recovering Addict Trying to Do What Winners Do

Overwhelmed? Naaa… Ok Maybe A Little

Overwhelmed? How does one get overwhelmed when they are living life Twenty-four hours at a time? Oh right… I haven’t been too good at that lately. What I have been good at is dreading what I’m going to have to go through in the very near future. This is pretty asinine when you think about [...]

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Addictive Thinking: Instant Gratification

In Addiction Recovery we must learn to get rid of the addictive thinking which tells us that instant gratification is the only kind of gratification we want or need. Have you ever heard of the saying “Time takes time”?

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Recovery Solutions Magazine’s Top 22 “Cool” Ways for Teens to Say No

I just read a snipit of Recovery Solutions Magazine’s article on the top 22 “cool” ways for teens to say no. While I applaud what they are trying to do…it just doesn’t seem to fit. I know for myself that when I started drinking and taking drugs at an early age, it wasn’t because I [...]

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Things You Didn’t Do Because You Got High

If you sit and think of all the things that you were going to do but didn’t do because you got high/drunk…you would probably make yourself sick. It’s safe to say that when we were actively addicted there were plenty of responsibilities that we talked ourselves right out of for one reason…because we got high. [...]

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Ahhhh…Vacation Time

I just wanted to take a minute to inform everyone and anyone that cares…I’m on vacation. My husband and I are taking the little guy to Disney for the first time. Super excited and relieved because all of us in the house really need a vacation. The site will not be updated while I’m gone. [...]

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Addiction Recovery: Delaying The Inevitable

Recently I had written a post regarding Suboxone being coined a wonder drug and what my thoughts are on that subject. I have had some interesting responses to this post but one stuck out in particular. It was about someone who has bought Suboxone off the street to be used when he is coming off [...]

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Cymbalta for Depression Ain’t Cutt’n It

I was very hopeful that since I am no longer using all sorts of drugs that my Cymbalta, which is my current anti-depressant, would begin to work correctly and all of my signs of depression would simply disappear. So far…not so much.

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Merry Christmas

Well it seems that I have been neglecting my blog. I guess it happens right. Can’t always be brimming with profound things to say I did want to take a moment and wish all my readers a safe and happy holiday. This can be an extremely difficult time for anyone but when you add in [...]

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The Sun Is Rising Once Again On The Write Thought

The Write Thought was going through somewhat of a lull but I am pleased to announce that thanks to the addition of some new writers over the past couple of months (along with it’s already great writers) we seem to be recovering (pun intended). Since October when the moderator torch was passed to me, I [...]

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