Addiction Recovery Blog

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Addiction

Honesty

Honesty to me was for a very long time a foreign concept.  The best I could or would practice honesty would be in the form of white lies.  I figured

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Addiction

Faith, Trust and Gratitude

At the end of a year long relapse I found myself sitting in a jail cell not knowing how long I would be there. Worst case I would do 5-7

a man considers the gift of desperation
Addiction

The Gift Of Desperation

My last day of using was riddled with thoughts of wanting my life to end. To not feel any pain. To seize the suffering and this overwhelming feeling that I

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Addiction

I Made My Family Sicker Than Me

More affected then myself by my addiction was my direct family. My mother and father lost a son, and my sister’s a brother. The time taken away from these people

a woman holds her daughter as she tells her husband how his addiction affects the whole family
Addiction

Addiction Affects the Whole Family

Being a drug addict is hard enough, but loving a family member that is a drug addict as well is a whole different playing field. I never looked at the

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Recovery

Letting Go of My Past

Countless times I have tried getting sober and tried holding onto my broken past and have had bad results. Things like old friends, old places, old habbits, broken relationships and

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Willingness to Change

Willingness to change was what I was presented with as a need to do things to stay sober. As a drug addict, change and the feeling of being uncomfortable were

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We are expanding!

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Life of Purpose

What makes a person use drugs or alcohol to begin with? Is it a lack love? Is it an abusive past? Are we genetically disposed to seeking out things that