Helping employees with addictions Issues that relate to alcohol cost employers with 200 staff around £38,000 through absence and performance issues according to psychiatrist Dr Adam Winstock referring to figures…
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Celebrate Each Victory, However Small
Don’t worry about being the best – being better is an achievement Celebrate Each Victory, However Small – We are bombarded with claims that only the best is any good….
Happy New Year!
Best wishes for 2016 Happy New Year! – It’s New Year! Often our resolutions and renewal are founded on leaving the past behind and making a completely fresh start. Sometimes…
Problems may be blessings in disguise. Seek the opportunities.
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The hardest things to do are usually the most worth doing.
This week’s slogan Addictions UK Contact us now on line or telephone 0300 330 30 40. You are just a phone call away from addiction recovery.
Making a Clean Start
Sometimes turning away from the past altogether is the only path to the future There is a common teaching in religious traditions that advocates renouncing everything into order to focus…
I need an open heart, and an open mind.
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Can Your Really Judge Others?
We always assume too much when we judge other people illustrationIt is the job of a court of law to understand fully the circumstances of an event and the actions…
Never Insignificant
Everyone is admired by someone It’s a humbling Thought that people might look up to us. In fact almost always someone does admire you – whoever you are and whatever…
Support from Addictions UK
A complete programme throughout ongoing recovery Who cares? Well, actually, we do. Addictions UK exists to care about and help people who are trying to deal with drug addiction, alcohol…
Have I been blind today to help offered by others?
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Facing the Real Dangers
Escaping from denial One of the biggest challenges for addicts (and for many other people too) is escaping from denial. We keep telling ourselves that everything is OK, there’s really…
Start from Where You Are
You cannot move forward without knowing where you start A tourist once asked an old man for directions. “Ah,” came the reply, “if I wanted to get there I wouldn’t…
When I think about giving up, who can I open up to for caring and love?
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Keep Right On
You don’t always need to see your goal in order to get closer to it. To anyone who has done any hillwalking, it is a familiar story. You park the…
Don't Dismiss Doing Well
Worthwhile achievement does not depend on being the best We are bombarded with claims that only the best is any good. You’ve heard them all … “Coming second is first…
Use Good Times to Preapre for Bad
The time to mend the roof is when the sun is shining Life does not run smoothly, as most people reading this Addictions UKBlog will be all too aware, especially…
Take time to give to others. Take the risk in giving to someone close.
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Problems in Perspective
When we look back on our troubles they are rarely so bad as we thoguht. Time, they say, is a great healer and we know that to be true. Without…
A Little Better
Reach but be Realistic It’s a bad thing to have no ambition, no sense of the possible. It’s just a bad to believe that you have no limits and can…
Is my mind getting enough exercise?
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From Another Angle
If at first you don’t succeed, you may be a late developer There has been a debate in education (and not just recently) about whether it’s right, even necessary that…
Can I let go of the events of the past?
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Positive Thinking
Determination conquers anxiety We all get anxious. Sometimes the causes of anxiety are obvious. Perhaps there is some test we must face at work or at school. Maybe it’s because…
Powerless – but not without hope
We cannot do it alone but we can do it with help The first of the Twelve Steps requires the “We admitted we were powerless over addiction – that our…
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…