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Of course a blog has one big down side: You have to keep feeding it, like Moloch, with new content.

Some of the adverse effects reported by K2 and Spice users are no doubt related to unidentified substances that adulterate the product.

At the end of each day, make a list of what went right. Focus on that rather than the things that didn’t.

The busier the doc, the easier to manipulate. And there’s continuing downward pressure from practice managers to see more patients in less time.

And now there’s the emergence of ‘tip sites’ on the Internet, dedicated to turning the reader into a better-prepared, more successful drug-seeker.

After years in the drug world, it may not be easy for someone new to recovery to fit comfortably into the larger society. It helps to find people such as yourself– who used to use drugs but no longer do– to relate to.

Many addicts think they can control their drinking. While they may be able to stop, simply quitting is different from a lasting, internal change.

Craving has finally been added to the symptom list. I was never entirely clear on why it wasn’t included in DSM-IV, since there’s an impressive body of research on craving measurement.

One study indicated that it could take as little as 33 milliseconds to trigger a craving. If something only lasts three one-hundredths of a second, you’re probably not going to be aware of it.

Ultimately, what replaces addiction in recovery is life, in all its glory.