Two Stories, Different Endings
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.
Tag: early recovery
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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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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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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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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How to Forget
Suppose we could develop cognitive techniques and train the patient to use them whenever symptoms reappeared?
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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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Recovery Reality
“All my friends drink,” someone says. There’s a reason for that.
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Gabapentin
You might say the drug itself may not be that dangerous, except to our patients.
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Insomnia: The Medication Dilemma
Insomnia is at the top of the list of common problems for both active addicts and the newly recovering, and sleeping meds can pose risks.
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