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Posted on December 18, 2020September 2, 2021

If you find yourself in the cycle of only identifying the problem, ask yourself, do I have the want and the willingness to change something? But continuing to just ponder the problem, leads to frustration, tension and guilt. In the case of addiction, not changing can and does lead to harsher outcomes. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/want-to-change-then-theres-work-to-do/></div>

Want to Change? Then There’s Work to Do!

Posted on March 2, 2020March 3, 2020

“Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. Life would undergo a change of appearance because we ourselves had undergone a change of attitude.” ― Katherine Mansfield<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-an-adventure-or-ordeal-its-all-in-the-attitude/></div>

Recovery: An Adventure or Ordeal? It’s All in the Attitude

17 Spiritual Principles That Changed My Life marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on January 13, 2020January 12, 2022

In one of my first lectures in treatment, I kept hearing about the spiritual principles that I needed to incorporate into my recovery. For the principles listing on the sign-up sheet, I falsely assumed that I'd go to a dimly lit room, with incense wafting and cloistered monks reading from musty, dusty tomes. I hoped that they would enlighten me and give me ancient wisdom on how to change. Instead, I learned from recovering people like myself in recovery support meetings. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/17-spiritual-principles-that-will-change-your-life/></div>

17 Spiritual Principles That Will Change Your Life

Posted on December 26, 2019April 12, 2021

These messages can have a harmful or harmful effect on you as an adult. When you still believe these old messages, you give them power over you. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/do-you-reject-or-reinforce-the-negative-messages/></div>

Do You Reject or Reinforce the Negative Messages?

Posted on November 21, 2019August 8, 2021

"I'm bored is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you've seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do you understand? The fact that you're alive is amazing, so you don't get to say, 'I'm bored. ” ― Louis C.K.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/is-this-all-there-is-bored-in-recovery/></div>

Is This All There Is? Bored in Recovery

Posted on September 1, 2019September 2, 2019

In our addiction, we keep having the same experiences, over, and over, and over, like an endless loop. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-thank-goodness-i-have-another-chance/></div>

Recovery: Thank Goodness I Have Another Chance

Posted on September 20, 2018October 26, 2018

Growing Up, I Never Grew Up My name is David Delorenzo. <a class="read-more" href="https://fromaddict2advocate.com/thursday-truths-dave-d/">Read more</a><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/thursday-truths-dave-d/></div>

Thursday Truths: Dave D.

Posted on September 13, 2018October 26, 2018

By: Jess Gaggi “Don’t you think you’re quite young?’ ‘I’m twenty-one,’ <a class="read-more" href="https://fromaddict2advocate.com/thursday-truths-jess-g/">Read more</a><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/thursday-truths-jess-g/></div>

Thursday Truths: Jess G.

Posted on October 15, 2017October 15, 2017

Heroin - Living and Dying with an Addict You Love: How to Survive when Everyone Dies is Robert L. Hobbs' story, however, it's the story of all of us with addicted children. What we do; what we do wrong, and sometimes, what we do right.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recommended-recovery-books-heroin-living-and-dying-with-an-addict-you-love-how-to-survive-when-everyone-dies/></div>