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Posted on June 16, 2020December 2, 2020

The success of your recovery depends on maintaining vigilance or awareness. You've worked hard to give up drugs and alcohol; that's the getting into recovery. If we don't work on our recovery every day, we run the risk of becoming complacent, and that's a dangerous place to be. Are you safe-guarding your recovery today with routines? <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/do-i-have-to-work-on-my-recovery-today/></div>

Do I Have to Work on my Recovery, Today?

Posted on February 26, 2020February 27, 2020

“Goals are the road maps that guide you to your destination. Cultivate the habit of setting clearly-defined written goals; they are the road maps that guide you to your destination.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/stop-wishing-for-recovery-instead-set-goals/></div>

Stop Wishing for Recovery – Instead, Set Goals

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>

Addiction is Distorting, Recovery is Transforming

manipulation from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis

Posted on June 4, 2019March 28, 2021

We have all manipulated people. But most of us have a preferred method of manipulation. When you learn to spot yours, then you can decide if your manipulation comes at too great a cost and change the behaviors.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/what-does-your-manipulation-cost-you/></div>

What Does Your Manipulation Cost You?

Posted on June 2, 2019April 2, 2021

Like my Dad, I carry his Around Tuit, but I also carry my newest recovery medallion in my purse. One keeps me focused on my everyday life, and the other keeps me mindful of my recovery and the lessons I've learned.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/getting-around-tuit-might-cost-you-a-relapse/></div>

Getting Around Tuit Might Cost You a Relapse

Posted on May 30, 2019May 29, 2019

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/recovery-common-but-different/></div>

Recovery: Common but Different

Posted on May 21, 2019March 16, 2021

The concept of altering or modifying something is just another blessing of recovery. It's the freedom of choice, something that was lacking in our addiction. This ability to choose allows us to change our old behaviors, attitudes, and actions and begin the process of inner healing through recovery.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-is-altering-from-within/></div>

Recovery is Altering from Within

Posted on February 21, 2019February 21, 2019

By Whitney McKendree Moore “Mature adults gravitate toward new values […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/kept-and-swept/></div>

KEPT and SWEPT

Posted on December 8, 2018November 27, 2020

I'll take a saying from the rooms, "progress, not perfection." Progress towards any task, goal, or work is something that we need to acknowledge. We've done it. Are you giving yourself credit when it's done? I certainly hope so.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/recovery-start-your-day-with-a-done-list/></div>

Recovery: Start Your Day With A ‘Done List’

Posted on September 30, 2018September 30, 2018

By: Marilyn L. Davis “As a pearl is formed and its […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/pearls-along-the-spiritual-path/></div>

Pearls Along the Spiritual Path

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.

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 13, 2018October 26, 2018

By: Jess Gaggi “Don’t you think you’re quite young?’ ‘I’m twenty-one,’ […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/thursday-truths-jess-g/></div>

Thursday Truths: Jess G.

judgment from addict 2 advocate marilyn l davis

Posted on August 12, 2018August 12, 2018

By: C. W. Stratton Judgement: We’re All Experts on Others […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/judgment-perpetuates-stigma/></div>

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What Does Your Manipulation Cost You?

Getting Around Tuit Might Cost You a Relapse

Recovery: Common but Different

Recovery is Altering from Within

Recovery: Start Your Day With A ‘Done List’

Pearls Along the Spiritual Path

Thursday Truths: Jess G.

Judgment Perpetuates Stigma

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