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Posted on October 16, 2020April 16, 2021

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

Cravings: When Our Body and Mind Derail Our Recovery marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on December 28, 2019April 13, 2021

By: Marilyn L. Davis —- When Our Body and Mind Rebels […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/cravings-when-our-body-and-mind-derail-our-recovery/></div>

Cravings: When Our Body and Mind Derail Our Recovery

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

Posted on December 2, 2019December 3, 2019

At that moment, I truly valued and appreciate this job. It wasn't prestigious, glamorous, or a job that anyone would covet, but it was my job. And it was a job that let me leave the campus at 10:30 every day, eat a quick mid-morning snack, and make a noon recovery support meeting. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/early-recovery-jobs-lowered-expectations-and-heightened-rewards/></div>

Early Recovery Jobs: Lowered Expectations and Heightened Rewards

Posted on November 25, 2019November 26, 2019

Affirmations have to resonate, vibrate, or echo your desire. If not, there is a block created, as it is unbelievable. For instance, I could create one stating: I am perfect, just as I am now! Even as I write it, I know it is untrue, therefore, no matter how many times I wrote it, I would not internalize this as a valid affirmation. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/affirmations-help-us-heal-in-our-recovery/></div>

Affirmations Help Us Heal in our Recovery

Why Don't You Trust Me? I Didn't Use! marilyn l davis marilynldavis fromaddict2advocate http://fromaddict2advocate.com

Posted on August 9, 2019November 26, 2020

Some family and friends never extend the same amount of trust because they simply will not put themselves in a vulnerable position again. The pain our addiction caused them is too much to forget so quickly. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/why-dont-you-trust-me-i-didnt-use/></div>

Why Don’t You Trust Me? I Didn’t Use!

Posted on June 14, 2019June 15, 2019

By: Marilyn L. Davis “If you have discovered a truth, tell […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/slogans-catchword-contribution/></div>

Slogans: Catchword or Contribution?

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

Stopped Using? Time to Change the Mind marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on February 3, 2019May 11, 2021

By: Marilyn L. Davis Changing the Mind and Growing “Our […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/stopped-using-time-to-change-the-mind/></div>

Stopped Using? Time to Change the Mind

Addiction Labels: Hurtful, Embarrassing, or a Beginning? marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate

Posted on January 3, 2019March 12, 2021

Labels can hurt, embarrass, or help you start your recovery. For me, that began with saying, "I am a recovering addict." <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/addiction-labels-hurtful-embarrassing-or-a-beginning/></div>

Addiction Labels: Hurtful, Embarrassing, or a Beginning?

A Voice from Al-Anon: Learning to Listen marilyn l davis from addict 2 advocate whitney mckendree moore

Posted on October 29, 2018November 7, 2018

By: Whitney McKendree Moore Changing My Focus by Listening Al-Anon […]<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/a-voice-from-al-anon-learning-to-listen/></div>

A Voice from Al-Anon: Learning to Listen

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

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 December 3, 2017December 3, 2017

To make amends may take effort and gulping down some pride, mustering some courage, and taking an action we’ve been too embarrassed or uncomfortable to take. These feelings are exactly why we should act. <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/make-amends/></div>

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Changing You: A Full-time Job

Cravings: When Our Body and Mind Derail Our Recovery

Recovery Is Overcoming Barriers and Obstacles

Early Recovery Jobs: Lowered Expectations and Heightened Rewards

Affirmations Help Us Heal in our Recovery

Why Don’t You Trust Me? I Didn’t Use!

Slogans: Catchword or Contribution?

Stopped Using? Time to Change the Mind

Addiction Labels: Hurtful, Embarrassing, or a Beginning?

Pearls Along the Spiritual Path

Finding North: A Journey from Addict to Advocate

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