@mdavisattiers early recovery lessons Archives

Posted on April 30, 2019May 1, 2019

People who have relapsed can learn something from the experience. But, for the rest of us, those lessons are best learned from a distance. We can learn from watching what others go through when they relapse. This is a better alternative than learning first-hand.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/relapse-aspect-addiction-not-recovery/></div>

Relapse: An Aspect of Addiction, Not Recovery

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>

Thursday Truths: Andrea C.

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.

Recovery: Help Me Unload This Emotional Baggage

Posted on April 1, 2018July 8, 2018

By: C. W. Stratton The Baggage We Bring to Recovery […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-helps-us-unload-the-emotional-baggage/></div>

Recovery Helps Us Unload the Emotional Baggage

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

from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis noelle sterne

Posted on February 4, 2018February 27, 2018

The psychiatrist and Course in Miracles teacher Jerry Jampolsky in Goodbye to Guilt calls forgiveness “the ultimate challenge” (p. 149). We cling to hurts, slights, insults, betrayals, wrongs, anger, resentments, annoyances—and on and on, through months, years, decades, and, before we blink, a lifetime. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/six-principles-for-forgiving/></div>

SIX PRINCIPLES FOR FORGIVING

Posted on January 4, 2018February 1, 2018

By: C. W. Stratton “Self-deception is the surest way to self-destruction. […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-overcoming-the-whirlpool-of-self-deception/></div>

Recovery: Overcoming the Whirlpool of Self-Deception

Posted on November 9, 2017November 9, 2017

"Any time you assist or allow another person to continue in their unproductive/unhealthy/addictive behavior, whether actively, or passively, you are enabling." ~Stanley Binion<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recognizing-and-breaking-the-cycle-of-codependency-and-addiction/></div>

Recognizing and Breaking the Cycle of Codependency and Addiction

family from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis

Posted on August 17, 2017August 17, 2017

“But the people who mattered were the people you chose instead of the people who were yours by an accident of birth. Real family was heart as much as, if not more than, blood.” ― Martina Boone, Compulsion <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-choosing-spiritual-family/></div>

Recovery: Choosing My Spiritual Family

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>

Recovery: Life Happens on the Other Side of the Wall

Posted on February 12, 2017September 10, 2017

By: Joni Ogle, LCSW, CSAT “Allow yourself to be an anchor […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/6-reasons-why-participating-in-support-groups-is-beneficial/></div>

6 Reasons Why Participating in Support Groups is Beneficial

Posted on August 14, 2016July 20, 2017

" An apple tree is just like a person. In order to thrive, it needs companionship that's similar to it in some ways, but quite different than others." ~ Jeffrey Stepakoff, The Orchard<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-options-one-size-does-not-fit-all/></div>

Category: @mdavisattiers early recovery lessons

Relapse: An Aspect of Addiction, Not Recovery

Recovery Helps Us Unload the Emotional Baggage

Recovery Started with Participation in Treatment

Recovery: Overcoming the Whirlpool of Self-Deception

Recognizing and Breaking the Cycle of Codependency and Addiction

Recovery: Choosing My Spiritual Family

Recovery: Life Happens on the Other Side of the Wall

6 Reasons Why Participating in Support Groups is Beneficial

Recovery Options: One Size Does Not Fit All

Finding North: A Journey from Addict to Advocate

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