By: Marilyn L. Davis “Cognitive distortions can be defined as faulty or problematic ways of thinking about ourselves and the world that leave us feeling anxious, out of control and often helpless.” ― Sonali Gupta, Anxiety: Overcome It and Live Without Fear What are Cognitive Distortions? People in 12 Step based meetings refer to…
Those six weeks of treatment in 1988 opened my mind to the possibility of long-term recovery. I felt ready to embrace both losers and winners and be open-minded to what all of them had to say.
It doesn’t matter what your rock bottom was; some are high, and some are low. That’s the nature of bottoms; they are not predictable. But whatever your bottom was, there’s someone out there who has a similar story and just needs to know how to get up and succeed. That’s where your story comes in. If you don’t write it, that person doesn’t know that someone else survived and thrived.
I Gave Up Drugs, Why Can’t I Function?
I got into recovery and wasn’t functioning well, because I did not realize how much damage I had done to my body and brain.
As we fight our addictions and try to remove stigma, we must remove judgment within the walls of the sacred places that we meet to heal.