Seven Trips to Rehab pt 2
I remember the late James Milam PhD suggesting that the ability to vividly recall one's first use of a substance might actually be an indicator of future problems.
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First Person – Music Blues
No blame is attached to the culture that has nurtured and protected it. So that culture doesn’t change.
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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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The Habit of Hiding
She had to relearn truthfulness, a day at a time, much the way the victim of a serious stroke might have to relearn speech.
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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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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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Stop Thinking Like That
Nine months ago I was rummaging through your garbage for 5¢ cans. Today I am an author.
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One Man’s Recovery
If there’s one drug we’re all reluctant to give up, it’s our prejudices.
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To Mom, With Love- Your Addict Son
It was as if he were speaking my story- different people, same ending.
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A ‘Secret’ Life
He perceives it as gradual when in reality it’s progressing rather quickly.
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Sobriety: A Graphic Novel
And I needed that gift of desperation to allow the rest of the Steps to work in my life, as I worked them.
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Hedging His Bet
He burned through more than a few sponsors before settling with an older gentlemen who’d gotten clean and sober following a career as a Baltimore drug thug and a stretch in state prison.
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Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption
The author’s biggest issue is “himself.” He fought a constant battle for perfection, to show that he was as good as anyone else.
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