During active addiction, we land up in so many embarrassing situations. Such incidents generate toxic feelings of shame and guilt, which we keep bottled up. Moreover, when we use substances…
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How to Build Healthy Habits
The process of recovery from addiction has taught us all about the phases of change and discarding old, destructive habits. But what’s involved in developing new, healthy ones? What you…
Why Is Alcohol So Addictive?
Addictions can take several forms. An addiction is defined by continuing to do something repeatedly despite adverse consequences. For instance, continuing to drink in the face of losing a job,…
Healing Shame in Addiction Recovery
Shame is a part of addiction. Addicts and alcoholics accumulate deep feelings of shame and guilt. Shame is a sense of humiliation, inadequacy, unworthiness, regret, or disconnection, which most alcoholics…
Getting Rid of Addiction – it helps to get help
Addiction is the utmost level of obsession, all-encompassing and all-pervasive. The alcoholic cannot function without the booze, nor can he or she perform with it. Everyone gets obsessed in some…
Do Recovering Addicts Make Good Therapists?
Getting clean and sober is very hard for those who have been abusing substances, but just as rewarding. There is nothing as satisfying, gratifying and joyful as leading a clean,…
Home Detox Programme
Many people would prefer to be treated at home for any illness and we know that this is particularly true of people…