Alcoholics and addicts do not want to face the reality of their situations. They live in fear, which they often cover up with false bravado, anger and abusive behavior. They feel guilty and ashamed, so they often blame other people and situations for their situations, leaving them with a "victim ...
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Aug
25
2015
The words “surrender to win” do not make much sense at first glance, but the concept is a key component of addiction recovery. In terms of combat, surrender means to stop fighting. It is associated with losing and with giving up to an opponent. In terms of recovery, surrender becomes “surrender t...
May
12
2015
Logically, addiction makes sense. When you have pain – any kind of pain, whether it’s physical or emotional or psychological – you fix it with a substance or a behavior, and you just keep doing that, over and over and over. When what you’re doing to numb the pain fails to do its job, you keep upp...
May
05
2015
Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. J.K. RowlingWhen we think of addicted individuals hitting rock-bottom before reaching recovery, we may think in catastrophic terms like homelessness, serious physical consequences such as liver disease or heart failure, shooting ...
Mar
26
2014
Smoking cigarettes or using marijuana to help you not think about drinking. Becoming obsessed with food, binge eating or shopping compulsively as a way to cope with no longer doing drugs. Taking up gambling or becoming too involved in a relationship to get your mind off alcohol. Have you ever don...
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