By: Marilyn L. Davis You’ll Find Your Support at a Meeting “There are multiple pathways to addiction recovery, and ALL are cause for celebration!” ~ William L. White Been There, Done That Mutual aid and recovery support groups have been around since 1944, continuing to grow in numbers, types, philosophies, and orientations. While…
by: Ben Rose Meetings – a Must? Meeting Makers Make it. ~AA Slogan I have heard it said time and again that to get sober, one must: Attend meetings Get a sponsor Work the steps I agree with the idea behind these statements. I attend numerous meetings a week, have a sponsor and work…
Replacing people, places, and things with new, recovery-oriented choices means we can expect better recovery.
While we’ll get multiple reasons from people we ask, the usual excuses for returning to active addiction seems to fit into the following five excuses.
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.