Self-Justifying and Blaming Others for Our Addiction “I sit curled in a ball on the floor of my closet, crying so hard that I feel like I’m going to throw up. How could my family have done this to me? How could my father have cheated on my mom for all of those years, and …
The Differences Between Maintaining and Abstaining There is a big difference between ‘white knuckle sobriety,’ and being happily and joyfully sober. Unfortunately, abstinence in sobriety is a pretty common thing, especially for those who haven’t found a program of recovery, and it can often lead to relapse. Disclaimer: as someone who has tried to just …
Emotional Distance in Early Recovery Can I be honest with you? I have over a year sober, and it is STILL hard for me to figure out what the heck it is that I’m feeling sometimes. The tricky thing about identifying feelings in early sobriety is that we are pretty new to a lot of them, …
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Harm Reduction and Saving Lives Harm reduction programs refer to the organizations around the world that create policies, programs, and practices that aim to reduce the harms associated with the use of possibly fatal or addictive drugs in people unable or unwilling to stop. The defining features are the focus on the prevention of harm, …
Comparing the Most Potent Opioid Drugs Comparing the Most Potent Opioid Drugs As the opioid epidemic continues to worsen in our society, it is important to understand the opioids that are around. Opioids are a form of drug that are used medically as pain relievers, however, can develop dependence and addiction within individuals. Synthetic opioid …
Top Rehab Myths to Dispel One of the most helpful tools in achieving sobriety and long-term recovery is being separated from substances, of course. For a lot of people, this means attending and completing a quality, inpatient drug rehab program. The structure, programs, support, and the separation from substances and alcohol that is found inside …
When we come into the rooms of a 12 step fellowship, if we are new, chances are we are going to look for any and every excuse to NOT relate to the other people in there. For those of us who may not be entirely sure that they even need sobriety, it is easy to …
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but for all those kiddies and early 20 somethings out there who worry that their binge drinking may have jacked up their brains, you might be right. The scary warnings from those awkward and nauseating health classes might have actually had some merit as new studies …
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Common Mishaps in Recovery Sobriety as a newcomer can be a tricky and fragile beast for many people who are working on getting better. There are a lot of suggestions that we hear in these rooms to help us stay sober, you know the ones, get a sponsor, work the steps, go to meetings, pray. …
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