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Posted on May 13, 2020May 14, 2020

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.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/why-do-some-people-return-to-active-addiction/></div>

Why Do Some People Return to Active Addiction?

Posted on July 6, 2019February 6, 2020

Families develop a blind eye about the elephant in the room, and pretend that something so obvious as the neglect, abuse, or dysfunction do not exist. Recovering from these issues is as important as recovering from addiction. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/we-are-all-recovering-from-something/></div>

We Are All Recovering From Something

Posted on June 1, 2019June 1, 2019

By: Alison Smela “The ripple effect. You throw a pebble […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/when-the-ripple-effect-hits-home/></div>

When the Ripple Effect Hits Home

Posted on March 20, 2019March 20, 2019

The hundredth monkey theory gives me me hope! What if I (or you) were the equivalent of “the hundredth monkey” so to speak? I know I am not because, if I were, every woman in the world would be in Twelve-Step recovery, washing their respective “potatoes.”<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-are-you-the-hundredth-monkey/></div>

Recovery: Are You the Hundredth Monkey?

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

My Life’s Diamond from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis

Posted on September 16, 2018September 16, 2018

By: T. Rose “Facets, Matthew. Each facet catches the light in […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/my-lifes-diamond/></div>

My Life’s Diamond

Posted on September 6, 2018October 26, 2018

Treating David's addiction as a primary diagnosis was not the way forward for him. Stopping the use was relatively easy compared to finding the underlying issue on why he did what he did.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/thursday-truths-david-g/></div>

Thursday Truths: David G.

Posted on August 30, 2018May 15, 2020

As an old spiritual says, “nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen.” I suspect though that most addicts know. My problems in life were not unique, I just had more of them than most. And, my problems were compounded from an early age. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/thursday-truths-ben-r/></div>

Thursday Truths: Ben R.

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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

Posted on January 29, 2017July 20, 2017

The "script" is the story we choose to say to those around us. Many times, it's the same story. . . word for word. This is because it's comfortable and familiar. Better yet, it feels safe. The script contains information that we know won't be too shameful, hurtful or embarrassing.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/the-script-we-carry-with-us/></div>

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