Browsing all posts in May, 2010.
What About that “Cure” for Addiction?
There are probably quite a few people here who have seen those late-night cable TV ads pawning the "cure" for addiction. The topic came up again today – someone asked me if I knews the folks who make this specious claim. Fortunately, I do not. I usually direct them to the LA Weekly story "Addiction:Buying [...]
Getting Through the Day in Early Recovery by Guest Writer Suzanne K
The first few weeks of recovery may seem fraught with anxiety, a few sleepless nights, some depression, and more than a little uncertainty. Recovering addicts have to learn how to pace themselves, begin to put the coping skills and strategies they learned during treatment into practice, and get into the swing of a new – [...]
Raising the Bar on Your Life
When I was out there drinking, my standards got pretty low. I was happy to go home, open the bottle, drink until drunk, and fall asleep. What a life! In sobriety, you raise the bar – you raise your standards. I think it’s part of keeping a personal inventory to actually review my standards and [...]
Life Is Precious
Don’t ever forget it – life is precious. It can be taken in an instant. Don’t waste a moment of it. The Dalai Lama says it best: “Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I [...]
Fuhget Aboudit
Not to be too flippant, but sometimes you do have to just forget about it. If you hang on to the past it strangles your present. I like this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept [...]
