(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…
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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…
Spirituality
Thought: Recognising the spiritual is more important than defining it. Addictions UK uses Twitter to share inspirational Thoughts every day. This article is based on one of them. Follow us…
We are part of the Solution and not just the Problem
(This week’s slogan) Whatever the challenges you face, in the end you have to conquer them for yourself. But you are not alone, Family, friends, sponsors and others are ready…
Start Sharing Now
Thought: ‘The journey never ends, so don’t think you have to arrive before sharing your good steps’. Addictions UK uses Twitter to share inspirational Thoughts every day. This article is…
Helping others improves Our Own Recovery
(This week’s slogan) The journey to recovery should never (maybe can never) be made alone. It should be shared with others who have the same needs and the same understanding…
Starting Recovery
Thought: “Rock bottom” is the best place to start to lay foundations. This article is inspired by an Addictions UK “Thought for the Day” which you can follow on Twitter…
Facing the Truth
Thought: ‘To admit to a weakness is daunting but no-one can help you until you do.’ Addictions UK uses Twitter to share inspirational Thoughts every day. This article is based…
Another New Year
New Year Resolutions “Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.” (Oprah Winfrey) How many of us have made our New Year Resolutions? We…
You can always start again
Thought: Today I can choose to be in recovery, even if yesterday I was not. This article is inspired by an Addictions UK “Thought for the Day” which you can…
Bygones
Thought: ‘Understand the difference between an old scar that has been forgotten and festering wound that must be healed.’ This article is inspired by an Addictions UK “Thought for the…
Higher Power
Thought: Take a moment today to redefine “Higher Power” Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by Christians with a strong faith in God. The Twelve Steps to recovery which they defined assumed…
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…