Thought: ‘If all that matters to you is being best you’ll never enjoy doing well.’ Addictions UK uses Twitter to share inspirational Thoughts every day. This article is based on…
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Keep an Open Mind
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Prepare for the Worst
Thought: ‘Into each life a little rain must fall – so look after your guttering!’ Addictions UK uses Twitter to share inspirational Thoughts every day. This article is based on…
If it works Don’t fix it
(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.
Go For It
Thought: ‘If it might just work why not see if it does?’ Addictions UK uses Twitter to share inspirational Thoughts every day. This article is based on one of them….
Addiction – What is After Care?
Addiction recovery is a way of life. Coping with new challenges is easier when you have someone to talk to. AddictionsUK provides free aftercare for clients and their families.
Stick with the winners – but listen to the strugglers.
(This week’s slogan) We can take encouragement from the example of those who are succeeding. But we need to learn from the failures of others and to support them in…
To Err is Human
Thought: People make mistakes – that’s why pencils come with erasers on the end. Addictions UK uses Twitter to share inspirational Thoughts every day. This article is based on one…
I can’t – He can – I think I will let him
(This week’s slogan) I want to be in control and delegation can be a real challenge. Hardest of all is acknowledging that someone else may have better ideas about my…
Little by Little
Thought: Better to succeed at conquering just one defect at a time than to fail to correct everything at once. Addictions UK uses Twitter to share inspirational Thoughts every day….
Live and Let Live
(This week’s slogan) It’s easy to condemn others, especially when it diverts attention from our own failings. But if what they do is not illegal or universally acknowledged to be…
Growing by Sharing
Thought: A problem shared is two problems halved Addictions UK uses Twitter to share inspirational Thoughts every day. This article is based on one of them. Follow us at @addictionsuk….
Mind Your Own Business
(This week’s slogan) Are you really so much in control of your own life and destiny that you have time (or the right) to try to control other people? Addictions…
There is Always Hope
Thought: ‘When your life is in pieces there are pieces to pick up.’ Addictions UK uses Twitter to share inspirational Thoughts every day. This article is based on one of…
First things First
(This week’s slogan) Whether you are building a recovery or anything else, you can’t fix pretty tiles to the roof before you have put up the walls. Addictions UK Contact…
Distorted Reflections
‘Reflections glitter and distort. Ask someone behind the mirror to tell you what they see.’ Addictions UK uses Twitter to share inspirational Thoughts every day. This article is based on…
Don’t accept the unacceptable
(This week’s slogan) If your behaviour needs to change then stop making excuses and, with help from your friends and mentors, confront and conquer. And if the demands and pressures…
The Power to Change
Thought: ‘I am powerless over your addiction too. I can support you but I cannot change you.’ Addictions UK uses Twitter to share inspirational Thoughts every day. This article is…
This too shall pass
(This week’s slogan) It may seem depressing to think back to so many times that life has seemed impossibly difficult. But as you recall them you will realise that you…
As we forgive those …
Thought: ‘Everyone longs for forgiveness. Who will you forgive today?’ Addictions UK uses Twitter to share inspirational Thoughts every day. This article is based on one of them. Follow us…
One Day at a Time – sometimes One Hour at a Time
(This week’s slogan) When the way ahead is dark and daunting and you don’t feel you can make big strides, then small steps are great achievements and they still accumulate…
Life is Like a Garden
Thought: ‘There is no stasis. What is not growing is in decay.’ Addictions UK uses Twitter to share inspirational Thoughts every day. This article is based on one of them….
Epidemic harms from (over)prescribed drugs
MP writes to Prime Minister Cameron Steve Taylor – Ex National Treatment Agency Official – dismissed activists calling for more help for people with addictions as a “few noisy activists”….
You Are Not Alone
Thought: ‘“We admitted” – so I am not alone.’ Addictions UK uses Twitter to share inspirational Thoughts every day. This article is based on one of them. Follow us at…
Easy Does it – BUT DO IT
(This week’s slogan) Try to do too much too soon and the task will overwhelm you – but be careful not to make that an excuse for delay. Addictions UK…
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…