January 22nd, 2023
Recovery means changing the very nature of the way we process discomfort. It means taking a closer look at both what has led to an underlying difficult experience of. . .
January 8th, 2023
Today’s quotation brings up two important points. First and foremost, it mentions the ‘burden of self’, a concept at the very heart of. . .
January 1st, 2023
It is up to each recovering person to take sole responsibility for the direction of their life—and, of course, for their recovery. This does not mean that we. . .
December 19th, 2022
Recovering from addiction is not miraculous. It can be very difficult to accomplish, but it doesn’t require a miracle. It is no more miraculous to work. . .
December 4th, 2022
There are no literal second chances in life. The closest we can get is to look back, glean an important lesson from a perceived mistake, and use that lesson to. . .
November 20th, 2022
Recovery from addiction necessarily takes effort. If a behavior can be changed without effort, then it is probably not so habitually imbedded into our. . .
October 30th, 2022
We must consciously pursue our recovery. Although staying committed to our addictive patterns takes great effort, the underlying attachment. . .
October 23rd, 2022
Whether we stay tied to our addictions or we work our way into healthier means of emotional navigation will depend on where we put our focus and direct our. . .
October 16th, 2022
One way of looking at a life lived locked within addictive patterns is that it is a life lived badly. While everybody has some addictive attachments—they are. . .
October 2nd, 2022
Addictions potentially serve to soothe the emotional edges created by a consistently agitating experience of life. Usually we are not aware of these underlying. . .