Category: Advice

A Guide to Resentment-free Living

Addiction recovery is incomplete without a clean heart Resentment is acknowledged as being poisonous to our inner existence in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). The Big Book states: “Resentment is the number…

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Leap of Faith in Addiction Recovery

Importance of faith in recovery A “leap of faith” is an idiomatic expression that refers to a decision or action taken with little or no evidence or assurance of a…

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The Pandemic of Loneliness

Strategies to cope  Everyone feels lonely at times.  People who are working through the recovery from addictions feel more so. They have to avoid hanging out with their other drug…

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Relapse Triggers in Early Recovery

Safeguarding yourself from a relapse into addiction In the early stages of recovery from an addiction to drugs or alcohol, or other types of addiction, certain factors can “trigger” the…

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Get Moving

5 reasons you should exercise to speed up your recovery Recovery is a weapon; it may sound brazen, but it is true.  Every day, there are a lot of cyclists,…

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Twelve Steps to Resentment-Free Living

Break free from emotional bondage The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) has the account of a woman whose drinking placed her in jail twice and nearly destroyed her third…

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The AA Big Book’s Promises

The compelling reasons to join the fellowship Bill W. and Dr. Bob Smith established Alcoholics Anonymous, or AA, in Akron, Ohio, in 1935. The foundation of AA consists of the…

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What Does Unmanageability Mean?

And getting help for it In Step 1 of the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, the idea of “unmanageability” is introduced in only five words. This is a big deal….

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Adult Alcoholic Children

Overcoming Childhood Addiction Trauma “Perhaps the biggest tragedy in our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns”- Tara Brach…

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Alcoholism and Depression

How the GPR39 Gene links both conditions You might not have heard of the GPR39 gene. No, it’s not a James Bond gadget. However, you may know someone who would…

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How to Simplify and Interpret Step One

Then apply it Do you find Step 1 of the Twelve Steps difficult? You’re not alone; almost everyone finds Step 1 challenging while starting sobriety. When people first encounter Step…

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How to Celebrate New Year’s Eve Sober

A Survivor’s Guide New Year’s Eve should be a happy occasion, but it can be anything but for individuals working particularly hard to stay sober. One of the beverage sector’s…

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Are You a Codependent?

While you love an addict, what about your healing? Co-dependency is a condition in which a person excessively relies on another person for support and cannot function without that person….

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Tread Softly on Your New Path

Risks of taking on too much in early recovery  Giving up an addiction and rebuilding your life involves much work and effort. Demands of early recovery  The first few months…

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What Makes You a “Good” Person?

Allow your inner compass to lead you to be good Every person considers some characteristics to be excellent. It is up to the individual to decide what makes a “good…

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Not Sure if Your Loved One is Addicted?

Signs and symptoms of substance abuse  Substance use for recreational purposes, rather than for medical purposes, is referred to as substance abuse. People who use illegal substances, as well as…

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Children of Alcoholics – Do they ever grow up?

How alcohol affects their emotional development The environment profoundly influences children’s physical, emotional, and personality development. It is generally considered to be the dominating factor in human development. Biological development…

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Just for Today

How you can get serene, one day at a time When you first get sober, and learn that alcoholism is a chronic disease, and you need to remain abstinent lifelong,…

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Fears In Addiction Recovery

How to deal with common fears in recovery  When we were drinking or chasing any other high during our active addiction, fears were an intrinsic part of our lives. We…

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How to Cope with Loss in Recovery

Pain and loss often accompany addiction recovery  At first, recovery from addiction may promise that all trials are behind us.  The gift of recovery appears to bring all the things…

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Keeping it Simple and Learning to Wait

How perspective and patience help us stay sober Albert Einstein developed great mathematical theories long before the days of computers. However, he was given a special room compromised almost entirely…

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