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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?

Posted on January 17, 2020December 2, 2020

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/got-some-good-recovery-advice-then-pass-it-on/></div>

Got Some Good Recovery Advice? Then Pass It 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

from addict 2 advocate Recovery Fears: Still Sitting on the Fence? marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate marilynldavis fromaddict2advocate.com

Posted on December 15, 2019June 12, 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, 2019December 14, 2019

"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>

Recovery: Reacting or Responding?

from addict 2 advocate feelings marilyn l davis

Posted on July 4, 2019July 10, 2021

Those feelings and thoughts about our life were held down rather like a jack-in-the-box - hidden away only by the mechanism of the box, or in the case of our addiction, by our use. Take away the drugs and alcohol, and the feelings come flooding back, seemingly without rhyme or reason. However, emotional memory stores all those old feelings. They are still there.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/when-the-numbed-feelings-pop-back-up/></div>

When the Numbed Feelings Pop Back Up

from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis transforming distorting

Posted on June 9, 2019July 26, 2021

How convenient and dishonest to say that all the harmful things I did to people were in my use. Then I could blame my behaviors, attitudes and actions on a substance, not the shadow aspects of myself or my character defects. Although my use distorted my thinking, behaviors, and attitudes, it was the shadow aspects or myself and my character defects that fueled my actions as much as my use.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/addiction-distorts-recovery-transforms/></div>

Addiction Distorts – Recovery Transforms

Posted on May 22, 2019May 23, 2019

The more I read, the more similarities that I found between three of the world’s major religions: Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism, with what I believe to be the fundamentals of recovery.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-why-quibble-over-the-words/></div>

Recovery: Why Quibble Over the Words?

Posted on January 4, 2018February 1, 2018

By: C. W. Stratton “Self-deception is the surest way to self-destruction. […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-overcoming-the-whirlpool-of-self-deception/></div>

Recovery: Overcoming the Whirlpool of Self-Deception

from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis suicide

Posted on December 11, 2017December 11, 2017

"It’s a terrible thing when a human being is lost to suicide or addiction. Thank God we have wonderful human beings in the addiction recovery industry, helping to change and save lives on a daily basis. I felt led to write this article because a colleague had a client commit suicide last week and I know how hard that type of situation can be."<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/suicide-overdose-and-the-helping-professional/></div>

Suicide, Overdose, and the Helping Professional

Posted on November 3, 2017November 3, 2017

Even after years of therapy for the trauma and depression, I still mourn for that hurt little girl who has never been the same. No, no longer a victim, just sometimes it still hits me and adds to “down days.” <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-and-mental-illness-not-easy-some-days/></div>

Recovery and Mental Illness: Not Easy Some Days

stories of hope from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis

Posted on September 30, 2017September 30, 2018

While I celebrate 29 years, I'm only one of about 23 million people in recovery. Together, we can bring hope to those still in the grips of addiction. How can you do that?<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/stories-hope-celebrating-29-years-recovery/></div>

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Are We Living our Recovery?

Got Some Good Recovery Advice? Then Pass It 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?

When the Numbed Feelings Pop Back Up

Recovery: Why Quibble Over the Words?

Recovery: Overcoming the Whirlpool of Self-Deception

Suicide, Overdose, and the Helping Professional

Recovery and Mental Illness: Not Easy Some Days

Stories of Hope: Celebrating 29 Years in Recovery

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