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Recovery
Is My Drug or Alcohol Use a Vice or an Addiction?
Denial is often a part of addiction. Instead of wanting to get sober and receiving freedom from drugs and alcohol, you...
Recovery
Why is Kensington Considered the Epicenter for the Opiate Crisis?
In 2016, the opioid crisis took the United States by storm. Conventional and middle-class neighborhoods around the...
Recovery
Why Am I So Judgmental Now that I Am Sober?
As you sit in your recovery meetings, you may find yourself listening to others with a “what were they thinking”...
Recovery
Are you Introverted Now that You are Sober?
Drugs and alcohol can create a whole new alter ego that you were not aware existed before you became intoxicated....
Wellness
Is Passing Out Really Sleeping?
Drugs and alcohol are notorious for breaking a person’s sleep cycle. Whether you are staying up all night or for days...
Recovery
How Do I Fall Back in Love with My Spouse in My Recovery?
The statement, “an alcoholic in his cups is an unlovely creature,” from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 16,...
Recovery
Do You Suffer From Reverse Pride?
Pride is one of those emotions that can sometimes be overlooked as something other than what it is - a huge part of...