A Success, but with Complications
But if he feels he needs the medication to function normally, I see no reason for the rest of us to object. I mean, we don't want to disincentivize someone's recovery, do we?
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SAMHSA defines it as “A process of change through which individuals improve their
health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.”
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 14, 2024 | Recovery | 0 |
But if he feels he needs the medication to function normally, I see no reason for the rest of us to object. I mean, we don't want to disincentivize someone's recovery, do we?
by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 1, 2024 | Recovery | 0 |
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It doesn’t much matter whether the primary addiction was to a depressant or a stimulant or some combination of both – sleep difficulties often persist well into recovery.
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…nowadays Flavor Flav is repping the sober life. Calling on today’s rap artists to “do better when it comes to depicting drug use in their lyrics.”
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Maybe they just saw it as none of their damn business, so long as he showed up on time and didn’t embarrass them. It’s the sort of accommodation people make all the time in response to someone else’s excessive drinking in a social or work situation.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 29, 2022 | Recovery | 0 |
I’ve always been a bit nervous when I see somebody new in recovery get themselves deeply involved in one sort of crusade or another.
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This woman’s in trouble. And on some level, I expect she knows it. But hasn’t yet mustered the courage to deal with it.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 27, 2022 | Recovery | 0 |
Not an unusual path for the disease to take. That year of deliberate abstention indicates that Perry was aware that his problems were growing worse.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 18, 2022 | Recovery | 0 |
That reminded me of the advice given to newcomers who thought they didn’t need treatment, to “give it your best shot, and if things don’t work out, come back and see us.”
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 28, 2022 | Recovery | 0 |
Reports of spiritual conversion experiences aren’t particularly rare. Bill Wilson, one of AA’s founders, had one of his own.
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As a bottom line, the research findings to seem to show many millions of our neighbors successfully resolving their problems with substances.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Sep 2, 2021 | Recovery | 0 |
Definitely not the mental state you want for making good decisions or solving problems.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 14, 2021 | Recovery | 0 |
She probably felt Adderall didn’t count because it was prescribed. A common mistake.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 8, 2021 | Recovery | 0 |
Folks who expect treatment to ‘cure’ an addiction often resume use once they’ve satisfied themselves that now, with a period of abstinence behind them, the problem has been resolved.
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