Leslie Glass's Blog, page 145
July 2, 2020
Why And How To Get Honest in Sobriety
Getting honest in sobriety is about way more than just stopping the lies told around using “Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves.” Alcoholics Anonymous founder and Big Book author Bill...
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Honesty In Recovery With Equine Therapy
What does equine therapy teach about honesty in recovery Honesty in recovery is the magic that drives the change we need to heal. But how can you get honest after years of denial and a lifestyle of lying about relationships and substance use? Recovery is a huge, still largely untold, story in America. It’s happening...
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Recovery-Friendly Spaces Change Culture
A change is coming to support people in recovery. Recovery Historian William White explores the new trend of bringing the recovery lifestyle into public spaces. No culture is neutral about psychoactive drugs. Such substances are placed into four overlapping categories: celebrated (ritualized, promoted, and commercialized), instrumental (regulated as to who, when, where, and how use...
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15 Tips To De-escalate Conflict
15 tips de-escalate the tensions and conflicts of isolation. Interventionist of the Year, Dr. Louise Stanger, shows how. It is hard not to ruminate about the tense situations we have found ourselves in the last 90 days. Tempers have flared, emotions risen, and our country has cried out in pain first from a pandemic which...
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De-Escalation Anyone??
Time to de-escalate the tensions and conflicts of isolation. Interventionist of the Year, Dr. Louise Stanger, shows how. It is hard not to ruminate about the tense situations we have found ourselves in the last 90 days. Tempers have flared, emotions risen, and our country has cried out in pain first from a pandemic which...
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July 1, 2020
Principles For Growth
Click the download button to print and discover the Principles For Growth word search. The answer key is found at the bottom! Download In recovery, you’ll learn more about principles for growth Below is an excerpt from Kyczy Hawk’s book, Life in Bite-Sized Morsels: I teach a yoga class at a place in the foothills...
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Letting Go And Moving On From Toxic Relationships
5 Tips for letting go and moving on when you’re in recovery and toxic relationships have to end Letting go and moving on from unhealthy relationships begins when you start connecting on an authentic level. What does that even mean? What are the signs of a toxic relationship anyway? Do you dread being with someone...
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June 30, 2020
5 Mental Health Reminders For Right Now
Who needs some mental health reminders right now? You’re not powerless over your misery. Here are some tips to keep you sane. Mental health reminders are what we need right now. It’s all too easy to get stuck in the black hole of misery, and see only the gray sky. You’re not crazy to find...
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How The Past Comes Back To Haunt Us
Does what happened in the past stay in the past? Absolutely not. One of the most significant triggers for childhood relationship trauma are adult relationships. If our partner, for example, gets angry or neglectful, similar experiences from childhood that we are not consciously aware of may become restimulated. We may become hurt or despondent beyond...
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Why Significant Childhood Trauma Is So Tough To Process
From Dr. Tian Dayton, Forgiving Parents: Breaking the Chain of Anger, Resentment and Pain – Triggered pain is so confusing to decode and deal with. Primarily, emotional responses to childhood trauma are recorded by the parts of the brain that were developed early in our evolution. This area of brain memory is often referred to...
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