The Natural History of Recovery – Cannabis
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.”
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…in the counseling field we frequently run into people who appear to have reached a point where they can’t let anything pass by without confrontation.
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White Collar Addiction and Relapse
For most recovering folks, establishing sobriety included a conscious, deliberate commitment to healthy involvement with others in recovery, accepting guidance and support instead of relying solely on one’s own resources.
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First Person: Crash and Burn
I remember one expert’s claim that it wasn’t unusual for someone to require seven treatment episodes to establish a stable recovery.
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A Case of Anxiety
She began to recognize how vulnerable everyone was to something about which so little was understood.
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Bad Timing
And the principle on which his transition plan would have been based is adaptability to the unforeseen.
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Recovery Quarantine
We just expected people to get well faster, only because they were no longer bombarding their brains with chemicals.
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First Person: Scared Silly
The question is, when you have all those years of apparently successful recovery, why throw it aside? How could that improve your situation?
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AA’s Effectiveness
I simply ask them what else they plan to do to stay clean and sober? Turns out that’s a far more difficult question to answer.
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Do Supplements Help?
“The patient will probably go ahead and take them anyway,” a nurse practitioner told me. “Because some friend swore by the stuff.”
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Running, But Not on Empty
I might have attributed it to the fabled ‘runner’s high’ had I not met so many dedicated runners who denied experiencing one–
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Decision Making in Early Recovery
Suddenly we’re missing obvious warning signs, ignoring key markers of danger, or simply deciding to take a leap of faith at exactly the wrong moment.
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Another Story of Recovery
Nonetheless, years of drinking and drugging and lapsing and relapsing will invariably have an effect on the victim of addiction.
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