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from addict 2 advocate You Can Not Buy Self-Esteem marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on December 1, 2020December 2, 2020

I knew that to get my self-esteem back on an even keel, I would have to view qualities within and not focus on what was lacking on the outside. How did I do this? <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/you-can-not-buy-self-esteem/></div>

You Can Not Buy Self-Esteem

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 February 9, 2020December 18, 2020

When we intentionally act as if, and become an actor, we often experience different results. in our recovery. Worth it! <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/become-an-actor-attitude-changes-transform-our-recovery/></div>

Become an ACTOR: Attitude Changes Transform our Recovery

from addict 2 advocate dormant bloom marilyn l davis

Posted on January 12, 2020January 13, 2020

While those are only five ways to keep an addiction dormant, the most important one for me, is don't pick up the substance that made the addiction burst into bloom in the first place. I'd like you to add to the fives ways to keep an addiction dormant. Just leave a comment, thanks. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/addiction-dormant-or-bursting-into-full-bloom/></div>

Addiction: Dormant or Bursting into Full Bloom?

Posted on January 1, 2020January 2, 2020

By: Marilyn L. Davis __ Isolated Incidents or a Pattern of Behaviors? […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-is-changing-the-pattern-of-behaviors/></div>

Recovery Is Changing The Pattern of Behaviors

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

Stop Balking at the Changes marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on December 7, 2019December 22, 2020

It is when we cannot see that changes are going to make our life better or that we will feel better because of the modification, we often balk, resist, or create obstacles to change. We give into fears, discuss how difficult it is to change, and create excuses so we don't have to change.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/stop-balking-at-the-changes/></div>

Stop Balking at the Changes

Posted on October 23, 2019October 24, 2019

For most of us, we're afraid when we think about changing the patterns of our lives, whether it's giving up drugs or alcohol, or changing the way we think, feel, and act. After all, we have done or been something for so long that those actions, behaviors, thoughts, and feelings are mechanical or habituated. These predictable actions are the norm, and when we leave the comfort zone, we get anxious. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/more-afraid-of-staying-the-same-or-changing/></div>

More Afraid of Staying the Same or Changing?

Why Don't You Trust Me? I Didn't Use! marilyn l davis marilynldavis fromaddict2advocate http://fromaddict2advocate.com

Posted on August 9, 2019November 26, 2020

Some family and friends never extend the same amount of trust because they simply will not put themselves in a vulnerable position again. The pain our addiction caused them is too much to forget so quickly. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/why-dont-you-trust-me-i-didnt-use/></div>

Why Don’t You Trust Me? I Didn’t Use!

from addict 2 advocate blaming marilyn l davis

Posted on June 12, 2019September 25, 2019

I know it's hard to accept responsibility for our life choices. I spent years blaming my parents, bosses, husbands, lovers, and even my children for whatever was wrong. And when we're not blaming, we're trying to get everyone to focus only on our positive aspects.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/when-blaming-others-stops-working/></div>

When Blaming Others Stops Working

from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis transforming distorting

Posted on June 9, 2019June 10, 2019

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-is-distorting-recovery-is-transforming/></div>

Addiction is Distorting, Recovery is Transforming

Posted on September 10, 2018April 8, 2020

Ben Rose reminds us of the beginning of recovery support meetings. That was face-time; today it's screen-time. Both are supportive for our recovery. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/face-time-and-screen-time-both-support-our-recovery/></div>

Face-time and Screen-time: Both Support our Recovery

judgment from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis

Posted on August 12, 2018August 12, 2018

By: C. W. Stratton Judgement: We’re All Experts on Others […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/judgment-perpetuates-stigma/></div>

Judgment Perpetuates Stigma

from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis whitney mckendree moore

Posted on January 20, 2018March 25, 2019

By: Marilyn L. Davis In reading Whitney McKendree Moore’s book, Whit’s End, […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/a-woman-in-need-of-god-author-whitney-mckendree-moore/></div>

Category: addiction and recovery

You Can Not Buy Self-Esteem

Are We Living our Recovery?

Become an ACTOR: Attitude Changes Transform our Recovery

Addiction: Dormant or Bursting into Full Bloom?

Recovery Is Changing The Pattern of Behaviors

Recovery Is Overcoming Barriers and Obstacles

Stop Balking at the Changes

More Afraid of Staying the Same or Changing?

Why Don’t You Trust Me? I Didn’t Use!

When Blaming Others Stops Working

Face-time and Screen-time: Both Support our Recovery

Judgment Perpetuates Stigma

A Woman in Need of God: Author, Whitney McKendree Moore

Finding North: A Journey from Addict to Advocate

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