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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?

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 April 27, 2019November 23, 2020

It gets frustrating to keep asking for clarification sometimes; again because we think we are smart enough to understand it the first time. However, asking questions is better than making mistakes. The adage of measure twice, cut once comes to mind. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-what-do-i-do-i-dont-understand/></div>

Recovery: What Do I Do? I Don’t Understand!

Posted on December 8, 2018November 27, 2020

I'll take a saying from the rooms, "progress, not perfection." Progress towards any task, goal, or work is something that we need to acknowledge. We've done it. Are you giving yourself credit when it's done? I certainly hope so.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-start-your-day-with-a-done-list/></div>

Recovery: Start Your Day With A ‘Done List’

Posted on September 20, 2018October 26, 2018

Growing Up, I Never Grew Up My name is David Delorenzo. […]<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 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

Posted on July 14, 2018July 14, 2018

By: Tricia Moceo “I felt empty and sad for years, and for […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/addiction-and-recovery-then-and-now/></div>

Addiction and Recovery: Then and Now

from addict 2 advocate noelle sterne marilyn davis divoe order

Posted on March 29, 2018March 29, 2018

By: Noelle Sterne I’ve Wasted Too Much Time ___ “It is […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/choose-divine-order-over-self-recrimination/></div>

CHOOSE DIVINE ORDER OVER SELF-RECRIMINATION

Posted on March 18, 2018June 9, 2018

By: Martin Jim McFadden “May you have the hindsight to […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/martin-jim-mcfadden-from-langered-to-long-term-recovery/></div>

Martin Jim McFadden: From Langered to Long-term Recovery

Is Long-term Recovery Your Goal? marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on March 3, 2018February 15, 2021

We carry out recovery as a goal, much like any other goal. Want a new car or house and cannot simply write a check? Then you know that you will have to save money to carry out the goal. Want a better opportunity for a lucrative job? Then you know that you need either a college degree or specialized training to help this goal. All of these goals take incremental actions to define and bring about your stated goal.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/is-long-term-recovery-your-goal/></div>

Is Long-term Recovery Your Goal?

from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis participation treatment

Posted on February 11, 2018April 17, 2018

By: Marilyn L Davis Participation: Start with Your Counselor “I found […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-started-with-participation-in-treatment/></div>

Recovery Started with Participation in Treatment

Posted on November 26, 2017November 26, 2017

Addictions often begin because we haven’t been taught coping skills to handle the trauma of life. Our addiction becomes our coping mechanism and how we deal with life.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/addiction-negative-coping/></div>

Addiction: Is It Negative Coping?

Posted on August 3, 2017

The difference is once you get past that first one, you have acquired the skills to do so, as well as the confidence that you can do it again. Any wall you will face in the future will feel a lot smaller, and a lot less in<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-life-happens-side-wall/></div>

Category: #earlyrecoverylessons

Slogans: Catchword or Contribution?

When Blaming Others Stops Working

Recovery: What Do I Do? I Don’t Understand!

Recovery: Start Your Day With A ‘Done List’

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

Martin Jim McFadden: From Langered to Long-term Recovery

Is Long-term Recovery Your Goal?

Recovery Started with Participation in Treatment

Addiction: Is It Negative Coping?

Recovery: Life Happens on the Other Side of the Wall

Finding North: A Journey from Addict to Advocate

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