addiction recovery

Addiction Recovery: Being Reminded of How Sick We Were

Sometimes the importance of being reminded in addiction recovery of just how sick I was in active addiction slips my mind. There is a fine line between dwelling in the past and reflecting on your past and sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference. Since staying in the day is an important part of my [...]

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Spirituality In Addiction Recovery: This Little Light Of Mine…I’m Going To Let It Shine

Well if you’ve been paying attention at all to my ramblings you know that I have not really found religion in my addiction recovery. I have however grown a greater sense of spirituality in my addiction recovery. For me, this spirituality is sometimes intertwined with a belief in god and other times…not so much. But [...]

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Just Don’t Do It Doesn’t Work…How Do We Tell Young People About The Dangers Of Addiction?

After reading a post over at TDA about Lame PSA’s Blamed For Drug Use, I got to thinking about how we tell young people about the dangers of addiction. The answer…we don’t really do that at all. We tell them that if they use too many drugs they will lose their personality. We tell them [...]

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Addiction Recovery: Sickness or Backsliding?

In active addiction, part of my avoidance tactics included taking something like a small nagging headache and turning it into a reason to miss work, lay in bed all day and pretty much take a vacation from life. Since those minor aches and pains show up more and more in active addiction…I spent a lot [...]

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Amy Winehouse In Rehab…Again

Let me start out by saying that I am a huge fan of Amy Winehouse’s music. I absolutely love her style and feel that in the world of today’s music, it is very unique. What is not unique is Amy Winehouse’s addiction problems. She has been on a downward spiral for a long time which [...]

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The First Year Of Recovery: Where I Came From…Where I’m Going

January 26th will be my one year anniversary of being in recovery. As far as I’m concerned, this has been the best year of my life. Sure, it wasn’t the funnest, the easiest, or the most peaceful year. But as far as my well being is concerned, this has been my most productive year ever. [...]

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Instant Gratification Is A Huge Part of Addiction

Our world today is based upon instant gratification. Taking into consideration all of the technology that allows us to get what we want right when we want it, it’s really no wonder that we are trying to apply that standard to our emotional state. Think of all the ways that people use drugs or alcohol [...]

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Addiction Recovery: Get Back To Basics

From time to time you may find that for one reason or another, you have lost focus on keeping your recovery your number one priority. It happens. Once you realize that you have lost focus of your recovery the best thing you can do for yourself is to get back on track as quickly as [...]

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Facing Problems Head On In Recovery

The post I recently did about learning to accept the things I cannot change got me thinking about a negative behavior that I was riddled with in active addiction…not facing problems head on. The behavior of avoiding problematic situations is something that is very common with addicts. See, the key to successfully living in denial [...]

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Amy Winehouse At The Grammys

Amy Winehouse performed at the Grammys via satellite from London last night in her first televised performance since entering into rehab last month. “Yes I’ve been black but when I come back you’ll know, know, know”. I guess those Amy Winehouse lyrics from her song Rehab still ring true…even if she did end up saying [...]

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