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Posted on June 23, 2020November 13, 2020  

Our barriers are self-imposed for the most part. That's both good and bad news. Good because it's an attitude within us, and therefore, we can change it. However, that's the downside, too as most of us don't like to feel uncomfortable in our life choices<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/5-common-barriers-change/></div>
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5 Common Barriers to Change

Posted on June 22, 2020June 22, 2020  

By: Deb Palmer     “We design our lives through the power […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/choosing-sobriety/></div>
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Choosing Sobriety

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

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>
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Become an ACTOR: Attitude Changes Transform our Recovery

Posted on January 26, 2020  

Am I fearless? No. I have merely decided that I'll be brave while still feeling scared. I know that 23 million other people are in recovery and will stand by me and encourage me; that helps me be brave and take the next leap of faith. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/choices-conflict-and-change/></div>
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Choices, Conflict, and Change

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Posted on January 19, 2020January 20, 2020  

We're all rather like the nesting dolls; we're layered and complex. But if we look within, we will find all the qualities and answers necessary to overcome adversity, problems, and difficulties. We just have to keep looking for them. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-your-answers-are-within/></div>
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Recovery: Your Answers are Within

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>
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Changes Give Us Hope for a Better Future

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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>
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Got Some Good Recovery Advice? Then Pass It On

Recovery: How Are You Learning the Lessons? marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on January 10, 2020January 12, 2020  

When we're challenged with a lesson in our recovery, if we approach them from the perspective of "here's a problem area or issue, and I've got an opportunity to learn from others", it seems less harsh or traumatic. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-how-are-you-learning-the-lessons/></div>
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Recovery: How Are You Learning the Lessons?

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

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, 2019December 17, 2020  

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>
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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>
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Recommitting to Recovery: Moving Beyond the Plateaus

Posted on September 18, 2019September 19, 2019  

I could not dissipate those feelings and was alone in my armor with them. It was an insidious trap. However, most of us who are semi-delusional from our use, do not understand that while we think we're protecting ourselves, we are also preventing ourselves from receiving help. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-vulnerable-without-our-armor/></div>
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Recovery: Vulnerable without our Armor

Posted on July 6, 2019February 6, 2020  

Families develop a blind eye about the elephant in the room, and pretend that something so obvious as the neglect, abuse, or dysfunction do not exist. Recovering from these issues is as important as recovering from addiction. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/we-are-all-recovering-from-something/></div>
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We Are All Recovering From Something

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