Posts Tagged ‘recovery’
Stop Blaming, Start Living
The following is a guest post by Carolyn Hughes, a freelance writer with special interest in alcohol issues. Carolyn is currently writing The Hurt Healer, a novel based on her own experiences of abuse and alcoholism, and lives in Northern Ireland with her husband and their two daughters. She celebrates 13 years sobriety and says, “My…
Read MoreSayings to Help Reframe Your Thinking
Whatever it takes to reframe your thinking can be of help in early recovery (or in any situation, for that matter). Why? Because what and where we think determines how we behave. This is true whether trying to stop drinking, reduce drinking or cope with someone’s drinking behaviors. This post expands on this concept, “Understand…
Read More“ADDICTION” – Poem by Erik Zack
The following is a poem and guest post by Erik Zack, who has had his own negative experiences and outcomes as a consequence of addict-related behavior, including time in jail where he completed a drug education program. Erik is now working hard on his recovery from heroin addiction and wanted to share his poem as…
Read MoreVicodin Withdrawal – Dealing With Symptoms and Using Triggers
Vicodin withdrawal — understanding how to deal with symptoms and using triggers can help, which is the topic of this guest post by Art Coburn, founder of the Drug Addiction Therapy Guy website. Art is a recovering addict and his goal is to “help others and let them know that they too can get clean and sober.” …
Read MoreMedication-Assisted Treatment for Drug and/or Alcohol Addiction and Recovery
Medication-assisted treatment for drug or alcohol addiction — is it “real” recovery or just another addition? The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD) has an excellent resource, “NCADD’s Consumer Guide to Medication-Assisted Recovery.” Quoting from NCADD: There are many pathways to addiction recovery. One pathway can be Medication-Assisted Recovery—the use of medication,…
Read MoreWhat Was I Thinking?
The following is a guest post by Carolyn Hughes, a freelance writer with special interest in alcohol issues. As she described her story, “For nearly 20 years I nearly drank myself to death. Here are some insights into what was going on in my alcoholic head.” Carolyn is currently writing The Hurt Healer, a novel…
Read MoreAbout Diet | Nutrition as a Key to Brain Health | Recovery
Diet | Nutrition are a key to brain health | recovery from addiction. Brain health is a key element of addiction recovery because addiction (whether to drugs or alcohol) is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease. As I’ve mentioned in other posts, nutrition is one of the four key “things” a person can do to…
Read MoreJoel Christiansen Writes About Addiction, Recovery and Choice
The following is a guest post by Joel Christiansen, national speaker and author of the books, “Out of the Ashes the Resurrection of an Addict” and “Stop Whining and Start Winning: The Power of Life’s Choices.” It could be argued that addiction is a choice. It cannot be argued that recovery is a choice. Zig Ziglar…
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