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Recovery is Better When We're Open-Minded http://fromaddict2advocate.com marilyn l davis

Posted on December 30, 2021

Those six weeks of treatment in 1988 opened my mind to the possibility of long-term recovery. I felt ready to embrace both losers and winners and be open-minded to what all of them had to say. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-is-better-when-were-open-minded/></div>

Recovery is Better When We’re Open-Minded

Posted on December 7, 2021December 30, 2021

By: Marilyn L. Davis Whatever You’re Feeling – They Will <a class="read-more" href="https://fromaddict2advocate.com/5-types-of-recovery-journals/">Read more</a><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/5-types-of-recovery-journals/></div>

5 Types of Recovery Journals

Posted on December 4, 2021December 4, 2021

By: Marilyn L. Davis “Share with others what is working <a class="read-more" href="https://fromaddict2advocate.com/the-power-of-shared-experiences/">Read more</a><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/the-power-of-shared-experiences/></div>

The Power of Shared Experiences

Thanksgiving: Terrific for Some; Triggers for Others marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on November 24, 2021November 30, 2021

by: Marilyn L. Davis Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner? Trigger Alert <a class="read-more" href="https://fromaddict2advocate.com/thanksgiving-terrific-for-some-triggers-for-others/">Read more</a><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/thanksgiving-terrific-for-some-triggers-for-others/></div>

Thanksgiving: Terrific for Some; Triggers for Others

Posted on November 20, 2021November 21, 2021

I Gave Up Drugs, Why Can't I Function? I got into recovery and wasn't functioning well, because I did not realize how much damage I had done to my body and brain.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-beyond-up-down-functioning-and-existing/></div>

Recovery: Beyond Up, Down, Functioning, and Existing

Posted on November 15, 2021

Ben Rose looks at life and remembers that life wasn't always one extreme or the other, even in his addiction.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/life-and-recovery-they-are-balancing-acts/></div>

LIFE AND RECOVERY: THEY ARE BALANCING ACTS

Posted on November 13, 2021

Facebook has many groups for alcoholics and addicts that I think function in many ways, like an old-fashioned 12-Step call. Someone posts that they've relapsed and don't know what to do. Almost immediately, an admin will ask for suggestions, or someone will post meeting times. It's a great way to help get someone back home. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/help-them-find-their-way-back-home/></div>

Help Them Find Their Way Back Home

from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis Is Today the Day I Die? Then Have I Lived?

Posted on March 1, 2020March 2, 2020

My realization of the value of life was not an epiphany, striking me with profound insight and wisdom on living and dying; more of a learning experience from seeing how many lives ended quickly from addiction, yet how extended many were by recovery. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/are-we-living-our-recovery/></div>

Are We Living our Recovery?

from addict 2 advocate Recovery: Pass the Answers on and Use Them marilyn l davis

Posted on January 17, 2020December 26, 2021

Another benefit from passing on good recovery advice is that you free up space in your brain to learn the lessons you need at this time, plus you get to feel useful, helpful, and caring - and those are generally not the qualities we had in our addiction. So, today, where can you pass it on? Look for opportunities to share and care.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-just-pass-the-answers-on/></div>

Recovery: Just Pass the Answers On

stressed blue shirt from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis

Posted on December 22, 2019December 23, 2019

“Stress level: extreme. It's like she was a jar with the lid screwed on too tight, and inside the jar were pickles, angry pickles, and they were fermenting, and about to explode.”<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/im-stressed-in-my-recovery-what-do-i-do/></div>

I’m Stressed in my Recovery, What Do I Do?

Recovery: It's Overcoming Barriers and Obstacles Marilyn L. Davis From Addict 2 Advocate

Posted on December 21, 2019December 22, 2019

You do not have to have all the answers to your problems. 23 million people are in recovery and can tell you how to overcome the barriers and obstacles. rest of us. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-is-overcoming-barriers-and-obstacles/></div>

Recovery Is Overcoming Barriers and Obstacles

Recovery Fears: Still Sitting on the Fence? marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on December 15, 2019October 20, 2021

You can decide which side of the fence you will land on because sitting on the fence in the case of addiction vs. recovery is risky. Maybe it's time to decide which side you want to be on - your addiction or your recovery– staying the same or overcoming your fear and changing? <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-fears-still-sitting-on-the-fence/></div>

Recovery Fears: Still Sitting on the Fence?

Posted on December 13, 2019November 11, 2021

"When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there's a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we're going to see things through to the finish or quit." Joyce Meyer<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recommitting-to-recovery-moving-beyond-the-plateaus/></div>

Recommitting to Recovery: Moving Beyond the Plateaus

Posted on November 3, 2019November 4, 2019

That's the thing about reacting. Often it's when we don't feel in control of a situation, or we have predicted the outcome before it happens. But I had to find a solution, or I'd explode on someone else, or implode and feel crappy.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-reacting-or-responding/></div>

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Recovery is Better When We’re Open-Minded

5 Types of Recovery Journals

Thanksgiving: Terrific for Some; Triggers for Others

Recovery: Beyond Up, Down, Functioning, and Existing

Help Them Find Their Way Back Home

Are We Living our Recovery?

Recovery: Just Pass the Answers On

I’m Stressed in my Recovery, What Do I Do?

Recovery Is Overcoming Barriers and Obstacles

Recovery Fears: Still Sitting on the Fence?

Recommitting to Recovery: Moving Beyond the Plateaus

Recovery: Reacting or Responding?

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