Gotta Stay Honest

I have a tendency to want tell people what they want to hear. Not only will I just tell someone what they want to hear but I’ll go so far as to cover up my true feelings in order to feel the way someone else wants me to feel. What the hell is that? I [...]

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Addiction Recovery: Cravings To Use

It still amazes me when I sit here and actually ponder the thought of using Oxycontin again. Logically I know it will only lead me back into the horrible downward spiral I just gone done climbing back out of…so what is up with these Oxycontin cravings?

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Christ Has Risen, Where’s My Beer?

I’m not sure about any of you recovering addicts out there but I would use holidays as an excuse to get day drunk. For any of you that aren’t familiar with the term day drunk it means getting drunk during the day. I know, tricky lingo.

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Cymbalta Withdrawal Symptoms Being Kept Secret?

I wrote an article on how much Cymbalta withdrawal symptoms suck and I was pretty shocked at the amount of comments that are being posted from people who were going through the same exact Cymbalta withdrawal symptoms. The common theme is that no one was made aware of the Cymbalta withdrawal side effects upfront.

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That Old Addictive Thinking

You know the saying “Don’t judge your insides based on someone else’s outside”? Basically meaning don’t get down on yourself because you don’t measure up to what you PERCEIVE someone else’s life to be based on appearances. Why do I find myself doing that?

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What a Cliche… Lonely on Valentine’s Day

Separated from my husband and without my kid on the weekends can leave me with a lot of down time. I try and fill that time with something constructive like working. But this weekend I find myself with nothing but time. Throw in the fact that yesterday was Valentine’s Day and that everyone I usually [...]

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I Had A Dream About Drug Use

There I was in a grocery store standing in the check out line. I have no idea what I was buying but the person in line in front of me was telling me that she had something to get me high. My mother in-law was the cashier and she was looking at me and smiling. [...]

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Relapse Prevention: Having One Of Those Days

Sometimes I don’t realize how happy my life has become until I have one of those days. You know, the ones where everything seems unbearable. You are feeling not so enthused about life in general and you wonder why you bother to fight the good fight.

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Just Roll With It – The Importance Of Being Open To Change

I don’t think I’m wrong in saying that a good number of addicts and alcoholics, whether active or not, have a teeny weeny problem with change. It could be we lack the skills necessary to just roll with things, it could be that the way that we have dealt with change, good or bad, in [...]

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In Every Life There Is A Little Self Doubt… Right?

I’ve talked before about my need for a routine. It seems that when I let my routine slide a little… I fall apart. This past week my husband was on vacation and we really had a great time going on day trips here and there. All of this fun had me away from my house [...]

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