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Positive Affirmations: Touch the Heart - Change the Mind

Posted on July 3, 2020November 11, 2020

“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, The Inspired Caregiver: Finding Joy While Caring for Those You Love <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/positive-affirmations-touch-the-heart-change-the-mind/></div>

Positive Affirmations: Touch the Heart – Change the Mind

Posted on February 14, 2020February 15, 2020

The reality is that change is going to feel painful, unfamiliar, uncomfortable, and uncertain. Too often people focus only on their pain, what they will have to go through to change, without reflecting on the pain that their actions have caused loved ones and friends. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-who-youll-be-tomorrow-depends-on-changes-today/></div>

Recovery: Who You’ll Be Tomorrow Depends on Changes Today

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?

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 November 25, 2019November 26, 2019

Affirmations have to resonate, vibrate, or echo your desire. If not, there is a block created, as it is unbelievable. For instance, I could create one stating: I am perfect, just as I am now! Even as I write it, I know it is untrue, therefore, no matter how many times I wrote it, I would not internalize this as a valid affirmation. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/affirmations-help-us-heal-in-our-recovery/></div>

Affirmations Help Us Heal in our Recovery

Posted on November 16, 2019January 29, 2020

For many of us, admitting that there is a substance abuse problem or addiction creates fear, shame, and embarrassment. As a result, the only way we can come to terms with it is to avoid it. Avoiding the truth of the problem relies on denying that there is a problem, rationalizing or justifying. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/15-ways-we-try-to-avoid-our-addiction/></div>

15 Ways We Try to Avoid Our Addiction

Posted on October 26, 2019February 13, 2020

If you think about this logically, anyone that “falls in love” with you early in your recovery is getting involved with a person that you are trying to change. Therefore, you would have to stay the same to sustain the relationship, and that would be the exact opposite of what you are trying to accomplish in yo<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/if-they-love-you-now-why-change/></div>

If They Love You Now, Why Change?

Posted on October 8, 2019December 18, 2020

By: Marilyn L. Davis Are You Behaving Like a King […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-isnt-a-monarchy-there-are-no-kings-or/></div>

Recovery Isn’t a Monarchy: There are No Kings or Queens

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 August 9, 2019July 15, 2020

In meetings, we'll hear people talk about Stinking Thinking and know they're talking about the faulty logic or the negative thoughts. But what are some types of thinking that get us in trouble, cause us to view the world through a distorted lens, or just don't make sense when we analyze them? <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/stinkin-thinkin-and-the-negative-results/></div>

Stinkin’ Thinkin’ and the Negative Results

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!

Posted on July 13, 2019July 14, 2019

By: Marilyn L. Davis “I’ve come to believe that in everyone’s […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/is-it-time-for-your-undeniable-moment-of-change/></div>

Is It Time for Your Undeniable Moment of Change?

Posted on June 14, 2019June 15, 2019

By: Marilyn L. Davis “If you have discovered a truth, tell […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/slogans-catchword-contribution/></div>

Slogans: Catchword or Contribution?

Posted on May 21, 2019March 16, 2021

The concept of altering or modifying something is just another blessing of recovery. It's the freedom of choice, something that was lacking in our addiction. This ability to choose allows us to change our old behaviors, attitudes, and actions and begin the process of inner healing through recovery.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-is-altering-from-within/></div>

Category: changing our perception in recovery

Positive Affirmations: Touch the Heart – Change the Mind

Recovery: Who You’ll Be Tomorrow Depends on Changes Today

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

Stop Balking at the Changes

Affirmations Help Us Heal in our Recovery

15 Ways We Try to Avoid Our Addiction

If They Love You Now, Why Change?

Recovery Isn’t a Monarchy: There are No Kings or Queens

Recovery: Thank Goodness I Have Another Chance

Stinkin’ Thinkin’ and the Negative Results

Why Don’t You Trust Me? I Didn’t Use!

Is It Time for Your Undeniable Moment of Change?

Slogans: Catchword or Contribution?

Recovery is Altering from Within

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