Category: Helping a loved one

Making Amends in Addiction Recovery?

Your questions answered about the reconciliation process One sign that you are addicted to drugs or alcohol is that you act in ways that go against your morals and standards….

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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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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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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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