Leslie Glass's Blog, page 237
September 26, 2019
Keep Trying
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September 25, 2019
Apps and Tips to Help in Early Recovery
Recovery is hard—especially early recovery. It’s a given. Everyone has a tough time sticking with it, so any extra aids and tips are basically gold. Because it’s the 21st century, a number of apps have been created to help keep you sober and on the right recovery path. From daily trackers to 12-step to lifestyle apps, there are tons...
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September 24, 2019
Detachment Redirects Hope
Detachment redefines hope when you can accept what is and move on. My story stars with a hope that couldn’t be fulfilled. I hoped for a large loving family with happy gatherings and swarms of adoring children, nieces, and nephews. Basically, picture the end (not the messy middle) of any Hallmark movie. Of course, my...
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A Lesson In Detaching With Love
Detaching with love does not come easily to me. In fact, as a people-pleasing codependent, I’ve spent a lifetime caring for others in an unfruitful way, and not detaching at all. Here’s my story of overreacting when things don’t go my way. My story of detaching with love begins with an orange tree I rushed...
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Quiz Part 1: What is Your Technology IQ?
Everyone uses it. But how much do you really know about its impact on you?
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September 22, 2019
What Is Digital Device Addiction
Digital device addiction has proliferated in the last few decades as people have become ever more dependent on the technology and applications available on mobile phones. Technology has changed everything about the way people communicate and entertain themselves. It is almost impossible to work and have relationships in today’s society without some type of access...
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September 21, 2019
Beware The Rubber Band of Recovery Language
Recovery language can feel manipulative. But don’t be surprised when people in recovery use their newly acquired recovery language to continue to control others. Behavior doesn’t improve overnight. The truth is where there is alcohol and substance use, destructive conditioning has actually changed everything about us. Our personalities are completely altered, and don’t return to...
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Quiz: What’s Your Sleep IQ?
Do you know how to get a good night's sleep?
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What Is Recovery Literacy –
Recovery literacy is understanding the process of healing for everyone impacted by addiction. When a loved one uses, family relationships break down. Healthy communication is disrupted. Families often become paralyzed as the situation worsens. It takes months or years for healthy relationships to erode and become unmanageable. I call the impact of substance use on...
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