People in Recovery

It’s a good question to put to a newcomer, in AA/NA or in therapy: “How much work are you willing to put into this process?”

When I first got into counseling, I had this sneaky feeling that it couldn’t possibly be that simple.

If you’ve been down that road, making repeated attempts to control use or to stop and stay stopped, only to fall fall flat, you should eventually realize that what works for others just doesn’t work for you

AA and NA weren’t designed by professionals and they do not operate like professionally-developed behavioral therapy programs.

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

Both sides present arguments, and for the most part, those arguments depend on the separation of spirituality from religion.

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.

Something serious is wrong, and it’s not being handled at all well.

Look what’s happened to the public image of rehab as a result of those awful high-profile celeb incidents.