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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 October 16, 2020October 17, 2020

It was at that point that I knew that change was a lifelong job; that it would create fears, uncover aspects of myself that generated and caused embarrassment, but that I would only benefit from my recovery if I went beyond not using to healing the underlying motives that produced negative outcomes in my life. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/changing-you-a-full-time-job/></div>

Changing You: A Full-time Job

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?

Recovery: It's Overcoming Barriers and Obstacles Marilyn L. Davis From Addict 2 Advocate

Posted on December 21, 2019December 22, 2019

You do not have to have all the answers to your problems. 23 million people are in recovery and can tell you how to overcome the barriers and obstacles. rest of us. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-is-overcoming-barriers-and-obstacles/></div>

Recovery Is Overcoming Barriers and Obstacles

Stop Balking at the Changes marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on December 7, 2019December 22, 2020

It is when we cannot see that changes are going to make our life better or that we will feel better because of the modification, we often balk, resist, or create obstacles to change. We give into fears, discuss how difficult it is to change, and create excuses so we don't have to change.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/stop-balking-at-the-changes/></div>

Stop Balking at the Changes

Posted on January 8, 2019January 8, 2019

By: Noelle Sterne “Many times what we perceive as an […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/no-mistakes-are-you-kidding/></div>

NO MISTAKES? ARE YOU KIDDING?

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 24, 2018September 24, 2018

By: T. Rose ____ “A fine glass vase goes from treasure to […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-going-from-battered-and-broken-to-better/></div>

Recovery: Going from Battered and Broken to Better

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.

Posted on September 10, 2018April 8, 2020

Ben Rose reminds us of the beginning of recovery support meetings. That was face-time; today it's screen-time. Both are supportive for our recovery. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/face-time-and-screen-time-both-support-our-recovery/></div>

Face-time and Screen-time: Both Support our Recovery

Posted on July 14, 2018July 14, 2018

By: Tricia Moceo “I felt empty and sad for years, and for […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/addiction-and-recovery-then-and-now/></div>

Addiction and Recovery: Then and Now

from addict 2 advocate noelle sterne marilyn davis divoe order

Posted on March 29, 2018March 29, 2018

By: Noelle Sterne I’ve Wasted Too Much Time ___ “It is […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/choose-divine-order-over-self-recrimination/></div>

CHOOSE DIVINE ORDER OVER SELF-RECRIMINATION

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

from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis catherine townsend-lyon

Posted on October 15, 2017

Addiction is Addiction Addicted to Dimes (Confessions of a Liar and a Cheat) by Catherine Townsend-Lyon is a memoir that some might ignore. They don't have a gambling addiction; they use 'name that drug'. That's where they'd be wrong. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recommended-recovery-books-addicted-to-dimes-confessions-of-a-liar-and-a-cheatdimes/></div>

Category: #recoverylessons

Desperate? That’s Motivation for Change

Changing You: A Full-time Job

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

Recovery Is Overcoming Barriers and Obstacles

Stop Balking at the Changes

NO MISTAKES? ARE YOU KIDDING?

Face-time and Screen-time: Both Support our Recovery

Recommended Recovery Books: Addicted to Dimes (Confessions of a Liar and a Cheat)

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