Category: Blog

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Alarming Statistics

Drug Poisoning Deaths at an all-time high in the North East The North East of England has topped the table for deaths related to drug poisoning for the second year…

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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…

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