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Category: Recovery from Addiction

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

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>
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Addiction is Distorting, Recovery is Transforming

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Posted on July 3, 2018July 3, 2018  

By: Bill Weiss   Addiction – Always a Dead End Road ____ […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/addiction-is-the-problem-not-the-recovery-road/></div>
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Addiction is the Problem – Not the Recovery Road

from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis

Posted on December 28, 2017February 2, 2021  

When we approach repeating life lessons as an opportunity to act better and improve our relationships, we appreciate "it" happening again, which gives us the opportunity to act differently. So, just as Phil learned his lessons, in recovery, we can learn ours and act differently.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-groundhog-day-and-life/></div>
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Recovery, Groundhog Day, and Life

from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis

Posted on August 21, 2017August 21, 2017  

By: Catherine Townsend-Lyon   “It’s hard to walk away from a winning […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/gambling-addiction-real/></div>
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Gambling Addiction is Real

Finding North: A Journey from Addict to Advocate

My memoir, Finding North: A Journey from Addict to Advocate is for sale on Amazon. Both Kindle and paperback.

A chance encounter with Gray Hawk, a 74-year old Native American with 34 years in recovery started my journey.

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    • Powerless or Effortless?
    • The Script We Carry With Us
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    • Recovery: What Happened to the New?
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    • Recovery Transformations: Finding Character from the Character Defects
    • From Addiction to Recovery: Negative to Positive
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    • Finding North: A Journey from Addict to Advocate is Published
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    • Are You Thinking Too Much in Your Recovery?
    • You Can Not Buy Self-Esteem
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