Browsing all posts in February, 2010.

The Insidious Creeping of the Bad Old Days

Beware of those tentacles reaching out from the past because they have one thing in mind, leading you back to a drink or drug.  I’m talking about an insidious creeping in of old behaviors and attitudes that can take down anyone, no matter how much time you have in sobriety. I used the picture of [...]

Rarely Have We Seen a Person Fail Who Has Throughly Followed Our Path

The most critical part of this declaration of sorts from “How It Works” are the last four words: thoroughly followed our path.  I want to focus on this idea, not to say that people don’t get sober and stay sober other ways, but that the early experiences with AA showed that if you DID follow [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

Sometimes worry becomes a bad habit: rather than hope for the best, we expect the worst; even when proven wrong we persist in worrying. #
DUIs and drug convictions have life-long consequences. You might not get into Canada. http://addictiontreatmentmagazine.com/dui-canada #
If you have a high tolerance for misery, it can take a lot longer to hit bottom. [...]

What Was Your Bottom?

If there is one thing you quickly realize in recovery it’s not to compare – the addict who still wants to use or drink will look for the differences rather than the similarities between  her and other people in recovery.   Denial says, “Oh you weren’t as bad as they were. You probably were just a [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-20

RT @addictiontweets Groundbreaking on VA Mental Health Center in Montana http://rt.nu/8zibhw #
RT @psychcentral: Double Trouble: Mental Illness and Addiction, Part 1 http://bit.ly/dyLocR #
RT @recoveryblog Contempt Prior to Investigation | Addiction Recovery http://addiction-recovery-blog.com/contempt-prior-investigation #

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