Families develop a blind eye about the elephant in the room, and pretend that something so obvious as the neglect, abuse, or dysfunction do not exist. Recovering from these issues is as important as recovering from addiction.
By: Marilyn L. Davis How Do You Discuss Your Life? “If you took one-tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you’d be surprised by how well things can work out… Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time […]
By: Noelle Sterne Visualize the Changes with Affirmations “Affirmations are our mental vitamins, providing the supplementary positive thoughts we need to balance the barrage of negative events and thoughts we experience daily.” ― Tia Walker […]
By: Marilyn L. Davis When Our Body and Mind Rebels Against Us Our bodies and minds got used to being high. When we take away those substances, either our body or mind or both react and start craving the substance. As far back as 1988, when I got into recovery, we’ve understood this […]
By: C. W. Stratton The Baggage We Bring to Recovery “Everyone has baggage, maybe we should help each other carry it.” ― Rob Liano There are so many facets and perspectives to the process of recovery. Something that’s consistently heard and relayed is the concept of “don’t use and go to […]
By: Noelle Sterne I’ve Wasted Too Much Time ___ “It is true that you may have lost some time in the past. You may have allowed your life to melt away with your time, but the good news is that you still have the future.” ― Sunday Adelaja, How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are […]
For many addicts and alcoholics coming to terms with the puzzle of addiction – knowing they need to change and doing the complete opposite is frustrating and scary. However, the good news is that the barriers and objections are within you and that means you have the ability to change them. It’s just a matter of isolating them, examining them and then changing what doesn’t work or fit anymore.
By: Martin Jim McFadden “May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you have gone too far.” ― Irish Blessing I was born in 1963, the youngest of five children. During that era in Co Donegal, Ireland, […]
By: Marilyn L. Davis Isolated Incident or a Pattern of Behaviors? ____ ___ ____ ___ When any behavior becomes the normal response or reaction to life or the typical way you respond or react to life, the behaviors become a ‘pattern of behavior’. In our active addiction, we created many patterns: ___ Manipulation to get […]
We carry out recovery as a goal, much like any other goal. Want a new car or house and cannot simply write a check? Then you know that you will have to save money to carry out the goal.
Want a better opportunity for a lucrative job? Then you know that you need either a college degree or specialized training to help this goal.
All of these goals take incremental actions to define and bring about your stated goal.
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