Addiction is a Brilliant Strategy
We often hear addictive behavior described in other terms—as a disease, or as a coping mechanism. Both can seem inherently negative in…
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Category: Alcohol Addiction
For Mother’s Day, Consider This: Is Your Mother Driving You To Drink?
All holidays are stressful. It’s either the good stress of trying to do all you have planned for those you love or…
Incorporating the Principles of 12 Step Recovery into Addiction-Focused Therapy: Step 1
In a previous posting to this site I wrote about the basic ways in which addiction treatment specialists and other therapists can…
Holiday Sanity and Sobriety: Tips for Recovering Addicts
The holiday season is supposed to be overflowing with joy. Most people, however, find themselves dealing with stress and anxiety more than…
Spot It You Got it
Many of us have heard the phrase, “When you point your finger at someone else, remember you have three fingers pointed back…
Expectations
Expectations: we all have them. Maybe we wake up and think it will be a good day. You were on time all…