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5 Warnings Signs of Impending Relapse

If you are active in a 12-step program like AA you have likely seen people come and go – it can be heartbreaking when someone you admire relapses and disappears from the rooms. Your greatest hope is that they will show up again, but sometimes they simply don’t.  For this reason, avoiding relapse is absolutely [...]

Picking Up the Pieces After Major Relapse by Guest Writer Suzanne K

In recovery, sometimes people slip. Sometimes they fall big time. It can be frustrating and crazy-making trying to figure out what to do in either case, but when you completely collapse, doing what’s right may mean the difference between life and death. With so much at stake, how should you go about picking up the [...]

Do You Ever Get Tempted to Have “Just a Little?”

I know people do get tempted, because if they didn’t, we wouldn’t see relapses. But what is it that leads a person who clearly devastated their life with drugs and alcohol to give up on the positive path of recovery?  I think there is one word for what causes it: FEELINGS.

Why Is It So Much Harder for Some People?

I remember when I had my first anniversary of sobriety. I was excited to go to my home group and celebrate. When I got there, I was sad to see that a man who had come in the same time I had was once again saying he had just a few days.  For the next [...]

Perseverance in the Face of Adversity

“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.” B.C. Forbes Most people have heard the name Forbes – as in the Forbes list of richest people in the world. Considering what a powerful man this was, it’s [...]