How everyone will attend school next year is looking different for students, teachers, and parents across the country. With the global pandemic still creating the need for social distancing and precautions based on safety guidelines, there is uncertainty about how this will affect educational institutions. People who suffer from addiction may find their anxiety through […]
Category Archives: Addiction
When you attend recovery meetings, you hear people talk about their relapse and what happened to them. The problem you have is that you feel like everyone has relapsed in their story, so you are afraid that you will also have to experience a relapse. If everyone else was jumping off a bridge, would you […]
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One thing is for certain, the rapper Eminem is not afraid to share his recovery to the world. Twelve consecutive years of sobriety from drugs and alcohol gives him the ability to stand up and be proud of his accomplishment. After nearly dying from an overdose and deciding that drugs were no longer an option, […]
To get, and stay, sober, accountability is one of the concepts in recovery that is a must. You would have already accomplished cessation if you were able to stop using drugs and alcohol on your own. For this reason alone, finding accountability in your recovery is more helpful than maybe you even understand. You show […]
Recovery starts with the quest to stop drinking and using drugs but it turns into a mission to learn how to live a fulfilling life. Turns out, staying sober is much easier when someone uses recovery principles in their daily life. Addiction centers in the mind, which means you have to retrain your thoughts from […]
There is no one way to get sober because everyone’s road to recovery will be different. While most people do not come on their own accord, some will arrive on a recommendation from a friend or a family member, and some will come as part of their court orders from the judicial system. If you […]
People come into recovery thinking that they are done living in their active addiction and are ready to move into their recovery. The problem is that just thinking that they are finished with their underhanded ways is not enough. Action has to take place and this includes discussing any reservations, urges, plans, triggers, or cravings, […]
As drug and alcohol addiction demolished your life, you may not have realized the full extent of your wreckage. As you “come to” in your sobriety and start to go through the damage that you have caused, there is no way to comprehend everything. This wreckage includes entitlement, selfishness, dishonesty, fear, and cynicism. These things […]
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Getting sober does not necessarily mean that changes happen automatically.c You must take the initiative to alter your behaviors in a more appropriate way for your recovery program. First, you must change your thinking so that your actions will follow. If you are thinking negative thoughts, you will also be doing negative things. Think back […]
For most of your life, your father may have consumed copious amounts of drugs and alcohol, embarrassing you every step of the way. When you were around him, you never knew which one of his personalities you would be experiencing. Instead, you walked around on egg-shells or became suspicious of his great mood because you […]