First Person: A Relapse Avoided
I want to focus on the sheer persistence of that conditioned association between emotional pain and upset, and the desire to numb those feelings with chemicals.
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Getting it, keeping it, growing it. Recovery is the most amazing thing ever- but it doesn’t “just happen” or even “just keep happening”.
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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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Video Calm?
The benefits needn’t be long-lasting, just readily accessible when you discover you need them.
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Emotional Sobriety
I must take responsibility for the ways I acted and the things I did. Then, I must ask if there is anything I can do to make these mistakes right.
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Unplugging From the Chaos
Now we carry 24 hour access to crap in our pockets, via the phone. And rather than a couple irritating broadcasters, we have access to millions.
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What to do After Treatment
There will be times where you catch yourself lying either in your head or to somebody– fix it, there is major growth there when you do.
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Relaxing in Recovery
There’s not much point in pretending that all those years of dousing the brain with toxins hasn’t left its mark.
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Landing On Your Feet
For most of us, personal risk management boils down to inserting a process of logical reasoning between the desire and the action.
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Running for Recovery
It’s difficult to gab or text with your friends or play Candy Crush while you’re struggling to assume the yoga position.
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New Life, New You, New Job
Rebuilding trust is no easy feat but if you have a friend or family member willing to let you crash on the couch, you will have to do just that temporarily.
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Simon Pegg’s Story
As control erodes, the drinker redoubles efforts to regain it. Some resort to “white-knuckle” abstinence, giving up alcohol for a while, just to prove to themselves or someone else that they can.
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Recovery Reality
“All my friends drink,” someone says. There’s a reason for that.
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First Drink
…provoking is behavior that encourages a return to use.
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