Holiday distractions
If you are in recovery for any reason then you know that holidays are no more or less difficult than any other time of the year. Well, unless you’re a food addict then it might be a little more...
View ArticleIn light of ……….
Sobriety, being sober, clean, no action, it all means that I am not drinking, doing any mood altering chemicals or participating in behaviors that will lead to compulsion, such as gambling etc.. Giving...
View ArticleAddiction and Depression
I believe depression to a certain degree is the natural outcome of addiction. The depth of the various consequences if faced honestly will result in a situational depression which can be worked...
View ArticleEnabling recovery
The question was, “what is enabling in recovery”? Interesting question because I hadn’t thought of enabling recovery instead I thought about it in terms of detachment and I guess I still do. To...
View ArticleRelapse
The question is: relapse, is it part of addiction and should there be consequences or enabling? Some say relapse is part of the disease of addiction and some say it might be part of the disease, but...
View ArticleRecovery??
To recover means to return to health or consciousness; to regain possession, use or control of. To recover means that we have experienced a loss that left us less than whole and we need to find...
View ArticleMy opinion on character defects and recovery
I received your question about character defects and recovery and although I have written about these things before the questions keep coming so let me try again. And let me thank you for reading and...
View ArticleExpectations, Addiction, Whitney Houston ~~~
Is it a choice? A decision to continue destroying self and those that love us with the use of spirit alcohol or a mass variety of drugs or compulsive behaviors. A conscious, awake decision to deal...
View ArticleThere but for the grace of God ——————-
A couple of months ago I watched a young woman take off her back pack, pull her hair back in pony tail and pick up her sign, which said homeless and hungry. The light changed to green and I continued...
View ArticleRigorous. Honesty. 2
Answers to the questions in the last paragraph of 1 are: What someone else says or thinks about you shouldn’t matter, but it does. Saying one thing and doing another can cause a business to lose a...
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