April 30th, 2023
Recovery is an imperfect process. There is often an expectation that recovery should be linear and move in a consistently positive direction, but it does not. Even if. . .
April 9th, 2023
The process of addiction recovery is one deep inner change. Often, we initially facilitate this inner process with changes made to the external structure of our lives. . .
March 27th, 2023
These are bold words. And more directly related to the process of addiction recovery, they could not be. Whenever we find ourselves trapped within a rigid emotional pattern. . .
February 12th, 2023
Recovering from our addictions is an imperfect process. If it were easy to transcend our addictions, then we would simply do so. There would be little need for. . .
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. . .