It was totally unfair. I had never drank to access or abused any drugs, but I was paying for my husband's choice to do so. When he finally agreed to go to rehab, I thought my problems were over. I couldn't have been more wrong.After Ron had been there for 30 days, I was invited to the center to v...
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Jun
27
2017
I knew that many people kept journals for many different reasons, but it never interested me. However, when the concept was reintroduced to me while I was in rehab, I found out just how beneficial it would be to my recovery.I learned that journaling could help me express all the emotions I experi...
Jun
13
2017
I was at my wit's end. My husband had spent the rent money on booze and wanted me to tell the landlord that we had an unexpected expense with the car. This was right after he had me ask the neighbor for gas money the day before.I was so tired of it all, tired of embarrassing myself, tired of neve...
Jun
06
2017
I thought I was a very good mother. All of my daughter's physical needs were met every day. She was always clean, well-fed, and dressed nicely. I read to her every night before she went to bed. So, when she suffered severe separation anxiety when I enrolled her in preschool when she was three, ev...
May
30
2017
Choosing a therapist or a rehabilitation center to help you move past an addiction is an important part of the recovery process. Going into psychotherapy can help you to learn new skills, change your emotional responses and behaviors, and make the right choices for the future so that you can stay...
May
23
2017
I knew things had gotten bad. I kept telling myself this would be the last time I used. But something stressful always happened, and I went back to using just one more time.It wasn't until I was late for work three times in one week that my boss gave me an ultimatum: go to rehab or I was fired.I ...
May
16
2017
I am addicted to shopping. It all started with a trip to a new thrift store. It was the largest one I'd ever been to, and the selection of clothing was immense. My first trip there I had a whole shopping cart filled with clothes and still had my eyes on more.I found myself going there on every pa...
May
02
2017
When I was drinking, I was in denial like everyone else, but no one brought it to my attention until many years went by and my family held an intervention. Several people had written me letters that they read out loud, one at a time. But it was my sister's letter that really got to me. She said t...
Apr
25
2017
The day my husband died unexpectedly, the bottom dropped out of my world. While he had been suffering from many health problems, all of his doctors felt he was stable, so it was a huge shock to find him unresponsive one morning shortly after New Year's. In fact, I went through such a panic that I...
Apr
18
2017
I used to dread vacations. Being away from my support system and out of my routine, I become so very vulnerable to relapse. It was so stressful, I felt like I needed another vacation to recover from my vacation. Especially since most of my traveling companions saw it as a chance to let their hair...
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