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Are You Judging the Newcomer? craig stratton marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on October 1, 2021October 2, 2021

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.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/are-you-judging-the-newcomer/></div>

Are You Judging the Newcomer?

Posted on August 30, 2021August 31, 2021

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/noticed-negative-patterns-of-behavior-then-make-changes/></div>

Noticed Negative Patterns of Behavior? Then Make Changes

Posted on August 14, 2021August 15, 2021

Recovery is more than 'not using.' What changes did you have to make even after your stopped using? How did you overcome your ambivalence? How can you encourage someone today?<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/why-are-we-reluctant-to-change/></div>

Why Are We Reluctant to Change?

Thursday Truths: Authenticity in our Recovery marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on April 23, 2021October 10, 2021

By: Marilyn L. Davis What is Authentic? […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/authenticity-in-our-recovery/></div>

Authenticity in our Recovery

Posted on April 1, 2021April 4, 2021

Relationships could be like the Kintsukuroi, where gold is used to repair damaged pottery and is considered more valuable with its brokenness but that doesn't always happen in families. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/thursday-truths-repairing-relationships/></div>

Thursday Truths: Repairing Relationships

Desperate? That's Motivation for Change marilynldavis marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on December 20, 2020

Being desperate can make us do crazy things, but it can also motivate us to change.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/desperate-thats-motivation-for-change/></div>

Desperate? That’s Motivation for Change

Posted on December 12, 2020December 13, 2020

We judge ourselves harshly remembering all the bad choices we made in our addiction and then get trapped in our thinking and don't make a decision because we're afraid we'll make another bad choice.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/are-you-thinking-too-much-in-your-recovery/></div>

Are You Thinking Too Much in Your Recovery?

Posted on February 4, 2020March 2, 2021

I do not take lightly when the Universe demonstrates a lesson for me, and at that moment, I saw how tenacious that tulip sprout was. That longing, if you will, to grow, to fight for survival and thrive. To blossom and show itself in all its splendor and beauty. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-you-just-need-the-tenacity-of-a-tulip/></div>

Recovery: You Just Need the Tenacity of a Tulip

17 Spiritual Principles That Changed My Life marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on January 13, 2020March 26, 2021

In one of my first lectures in treatment, I kept hearing about the spiritual principles that I needed to incorporate into my recovery. For the principles listing on the sign-up sheet, I falsely assumed that I'd go to a dimly lit room, with incense wafting and cloistered monks reading from musty, dusty tomes. I hoped that they would enlighten me and give me ancient wisdom on how to change. Instead, I learned from recovering people like myself in recovery support meetings. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/17-spiritual-principles-that-changed-my-life/></div>

17 Spiritual Principles That Changed My Life

Posted on December 28, 2019

If you find yourself in the cycle of only identifying the problem and complaining about it or commenting on it, ask yourself if you truly have both the desire to change something and are willing to make the effort to change the problem. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/how-to-accomplish-changes-in-your-recovery/></div>

How to Accomplish Changes in Your Recovery

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?

Posted on November 25, 2019November 26, 2019

Affirmations have to resonate, vibrate, or echo your desire. If not, there is a block created, as it is unbelievable. For instance, I could create one stating: I am perfect, just as I am now! Even as I write it, I know it is untrue, therefore, no matter how many times I wrote it, I would not internalize this as a valid affirmation. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/affirmations-help-us-heal-in-our-recovery/></div>

Affirmations Help Us Heal in our Recovery

Recovery is Removing the Armor of Addiction marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on September 18, 2019September 7, 2021

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-is-removing-the-armor-of-addiction/></div>

Recovery is Removing the Armor of Addiction

Posted on May 30, 2019August 28, 2021

When we are new in recovery, it's imperative that we find people who respect and can work with our differences. Whether this is a sponsor, accountability partner, or therapist doesn't matter. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/share-what-they-need-not-just-what-you-know/></div>

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Are You Judging the Newcomer?

Noticed Negative Patterns of Behavior? Then Make Changes

Why Are We Reluctant to Change?

Authenticity in our Recovery

Thursday Truths: Repairing Relationships

Desperate? That’s Motivation for Change

Are You Thinking Too Much in Your Recovery?

Recovery: You Just Need the Tenacity of a Tulip

17 Spiritual Principles That Changed My Life

How to Accomplish Changes in Your Recovery

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

Affirmations Help Us Heal in our Recovery

Recovery is Removing the Armor of Addiction

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