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Those Who Care the Most About You Will Be the Last to Believe in Your Recovery

If you’re an addict in recovery, you may have already noticed this. Those who are closest to you are the last to believe you’re changing. Your wife, your husband, mother, father, children, close friends, don’t get as excited as you do when you celebrate one week clean, one month clean, or one year clean. They’veContinue reading "Those Who Care the Most About You Will Be the Last to Believe in Your Recovery"

Something You Can Do About Intrusive Thoughts

Some of my thoughts are almost as old as I am, but they still don’t know enough to knock before they come into my mind. I’d like them to make an appointment, see a receptionist, and fill out a six page registration form before we meet. For some, it’s been years since they took aContinue reading "Something You Can Do About Intrusive Thoughts"

Recovery is Easier Than You Think

You may think that it’s hard to recover from addiction. Of course it is. But nearly everyone who has experienced both addiction and recovery say the same thing. Addiction is harder. You’re accustomed to all the work it takes to keep up an addiction, so you might not notice it anymore. You may not beContinue reading "Recovery is Easier Than You Think"

Can You Sort Out Your Feelings?

For as long as people have been having feelings, they’ve tried to understand them by sorting them out and classifying them. It works for trees. Any field guide to trees will tell you that the blue spruce in front of you is a conifer and, as such, has a lot in common with pines. CanContinue reading "Can You Sort Out Your Feelings?"

Taming Suicidal Thoughts

A Review of How Not to Kill Yourself by Clancy Martin A professor begins his classes by asking all students who have ever thought of killing themselves to raise their hands. But first he tells them he’s tried to do it ten to twenty times and how he deals with his suicidal thoughts now. ReassuredContinue reading "Taming Suicidal Thoughts"

You Don’t Have to Use Drugs Alone

With all the bad stuff out there, from Fentanyl to Xylazine, you’d be crazy to use serious street drugs alone. It used to be that you’d have to pressure someone to use with you or pay with your body for someone to be there. But you don’t have to anymore. Now you can call 800-484-3731Continue reading "You Don’t Have to Use Drugs Alone"

How Linus Created the World

At Least the One Inside Your Head You remember Linus, the comic strip character who drags his blanket around? His blanket is helping him transition from being a baby to someone who can take care of himself. Linus has learned he can’t count on someone always being there when he cries. So, he’s begun toContinue reading "How Linus Created the World"

Understand Addiction By Taking a Walk in the Woods

To understand the brain and how it works in addiction and recovery, take a walk in the woods. You’ll probably walk on a path. It’s easier that way. Others have gone before and cleared a way for you. It takes you somewhere. It might even be marked. Consider what makes a path. It starts offContinue reading "Understand Addiction By Taking a Walk in the Woods"

Often Drugs Work Too Well

You’ve told your doctor you are anxious or in pain. You got a prescription for Atavan, Klonopin, Valium, or Xanax, if it was anxiety; if it was pain, you might’ve gotten a script for a narcotic like Percoset, Vicodin, Oxicotin, or Morphine. These will certainly take away your anxiety or pain; fast. If you useContinue reading "Often Drugs Work Too Well"

Slipstream Change

Change many things at once, rather than one thing at a time Anyone attempting to break a habit can learn a lot from marketers. They’re the experts at getting you to change. They love it when you are at a transitional period of your life. Advertisers love to target pregnant women. They have their ways ofContinue reading "Slipstream Change"