When it comes to recovery, learning to embrace the program works better than trying to poke holes in doubt. You may find yourself having difficulty trying to live one day at a time and believing that this too shall pass. What you should know is that you are not the first one to be skeptical […]
Enabling is typically a factor in someone’s recovery which can come in many different forms. From the police officer who lets a driver under the influence go to the store clerk who sells someone who is clearly intoxicated more alcohol, enabling happens all the time. The family is known most commonly as the prime enablers […]
Have you ever heard the phrase “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”? This could directly correlate with your recovery. If you share what has happened to you, your insight could spare someone else the misery you have endured. Although this will not happen for everyone, the story you have to tell others could be […]
A frequent question that people who do not suffer from an addiction ponder is why someone who does battle addiction will not simply stop drinking and using cold turkey. The obviousness of their awful consequences does not register as to why they would continue to keep doing what they are doing when they keep getting […]
Now that you have been sober for a little bit, you may begin to see things happen that you never thought you would again. The promises of recovery are coming true and the things that made you feel bad about your addiction, seem so far away from where you are at in your life today. […]
One of the misconceptions people have, when they get sober, is that life will suddenly exist without pain and misery. While this is true to a certain degree, life still happens. Since there is no control over death, sickness, relationships ending, or anything else that causes fear and agony, getting into recovery from drugs and […]
A mainstay of recovery is being willing to take suggestions and put them into action. The only problem with this process is that most people do not like to be told what to do. Someone in recovery, however, needs to go to any lengths to stay sober which entails taking suggestions to do so. Taking […]
The world is a hectic and stressful place to reside in. With unfortunate circumstances such as road rage, cyberbullying, and judgment, people can find themselves getting wound up tighter than an eight-day clock. For most people, they let themselves get so caught up in the daily stressors without having any way to relax. Part of […]
Someone who gets sober has to find a way to become willing to conform to what recovery entails. When your consequences become too high and you get in enough pain to change, this will often give someone the desire to stop drinking and using in the short-term. What has to happen to put consecutive sober […]
You have been trying to get sober and nothing has worked. Now you are under the assumption that if you use your kids as a motive to get sober, you will not fail. After all, you are finally realizing your children are innocent bystanders that have been caught in the crossfire of your addiction. Taking […]
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