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ADDICITON RECOVERY
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How Loved Ones Can Support Recovery Without Enabling
Caring for a family member or friend who is going through recovery is not the easiest thing to do. You want to help, but at the same time, there are some factors that are important to know because they may impede the recovery process. One of those factors is “enabling.”
So Much to Be Thankful For
So much can change in three years. Celebrating my third Thanksgiving since leaving addiction behind and achieving a drug-free life, I have so much to be thankful for this year.
The Journey of Recovery
Recovery is a journey. Here I take a look at many of the different phases a person can experience while living a life free from drugs and alcohol, from where it all begins all the way to long-term recovery.
The Importance of Supportive Friendships in Recovery
I started to reach out to a couple of old friends of mine letting them know I had a new number and something awesome happened. Not only did these friends respond, but they were excited to be speaking to me and to hear my story.
A Message to Any Addict Still Suffering: Seeing is Believing
A Message to Any Addict Still Suffering: Seeing is Believing When I look at my time as an addict and where my head was at during the early days of my recovery, my sense of self-worth was non-existent. My thoughts were surrounded by failure.
The Freedom of Having Fun and Living Again
My co-workers and I have turned bowling into a weekly event, complete with friendly trash talk and some pretty entertaining gamesmanship. I was on the wrong end of the scorecard this past week after guaranteeing a victory.