November 18th, 2018
Recovery from addiction, just like any other form of emotional growth, is rooted in the process of discarding the aspects of ourselves that are getting in the way of achieving our goals. While it may seem that we are primarily discarding the substances or behaviors that we are addicted to. . .
November 11th, 2018
There is altogether too much emphasis put on the subject of our addictions—on the substances or behaviors through which the addiction expresses itself. This emphasis is evident in our general insistence that traditional abstinence be a necessary component of recovery for everyone seeking treatment, regardless of their individual situation . . .
November 4th, 2018
Inherent in every painful situation is the opportunity for change. And our addictions, viewed in this light, present one of the most blatant opportunities to make changes in our lives . . .
October 28th, 2018
Whether we know it or not, if we have an addictive relationship to something, we have put our trust in that thing. We have, often unwittingly, allowed that thing to take over for important emotional processes that we must learn to take responsibility for if we are to successfully let go of our addiction . . .
October 21st, 2018
The pursuit of addiction recovery is, in many ways, the pursuit of personal truth. Our addictions ultimately exist as patterns created to cover up an underlying emotional reality that is painful in some way; they endeavor to create a false reality . . .
October 14th, 2018
If we humans naturally moved toward healthy decisions and behaviors, we would not have to take such pains to learn to change addictive patterns—we would simply change. But the truth is that we naturally move toward what is familiar . . .