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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

Changes Give Us Hope for a Better Future marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on January 18, 2020May 5, 2020

For many addicts and alcoholics coming to terms with the puzzle of addiction – knowing they need to change and doing the complete opposite is frustrating and scary. However, the good news is that the barriers and objections are within you and that means you have the ability to change them. It's just a matter of isolating them, examining them and then changing what doesn't work or fit anymore.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/changes-give-us-hope-for-a-better-future/></div>

Changes Give Us Hope for a Better Future

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

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 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 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 August 2, 2019August 3, 2019

Did I realize that I'd taken up arms against my children when I started using? No, I did not set out to harm them; however, that was the result. And just as the history books record the injustices done, each of my children recollects the harm from her perspective. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/casualties-of-addiction-our-children/></div>

Casualties of Addiction: Our Children

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?

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 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>

Recovery is Altering from Within

Posted on September 27, 2018October 26, 2018

My name is Andrea. My clean date is 3/29/10. Early Rejections […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/thursday-truths-andrea-c/></div>

Category: changing patterns of behavior

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

Changes Give Us Hope for a Better Future

Recovery Is Changing The Pattern of Behaviors

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

Stop Balking at the Changes

If They Love You Now, Why Change?

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

Stinkin’ Thinkin’ and the Negative Results

Why Don’t You Trust Me? I Didn’t Use!

Casualties of Addiction: Our Children

Is It Time for Your Undeniable Moment of Change?

Recovery is Altering from Within

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