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Why Are Some People Miserable In Sobriety?
The Promises, read at nearly every 12-step meeting, always bothered me. Is it really realistic for those things to happen to me, and all I need to do is be honest and work the 12 steps? In the past two weeks I’ve lived with two women who had several years of sobriety, had worked all 12 steps, and who were completely miserable. One was incredibly mean and nasty, but it was clear that it stemmed … Read entire article »
Safe to Inhale: The Quest to Clean Up Crack Use
The subject of crack smoking can bring up a wealth of dark jokes about the most debasing of drugs. This is even truer when the idea of a “safe-inhalation” site for crack is proposed. Would it be a room full of windows (so that each paranoid smoker has their own set of shades to peep out of) or a space with none at all? There definitely couldn’t be carpeting on the floor (or they would … Read entire article »
Get Out of Your Head
I spend the majority of my life in my head. I analyze everything. If you’re anything like me… you know it can drive you crazy. When I think about what I want to do for work I think about how my life will look like with that job in 6 months, 3 years, 5 years, 10 years, etc. What will I be driving? Will I be happy? Do girls think that job is sexy? And … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Life, Recovery, Spirituality
Words To Live By
I use many different tools in my recovery. AA and the 12 steps is a big part of all of it; however, I am open to any method that will help me better myself. I am working on becoming a better man every day and that requires much work. I have been looking towards the advice of other men who I can admire. One of those men is Benjamin Franklin and his 13 virtues. Benjamin … Read entire article »
Entitlement
“But Mommmmm!” … Living in a rehab with 160 people I have become acquainted with the worst vice a recovering addict could have: entitlement. I have witnessed kids come in and out with entitlement issues that would make Paris Hilton shiver. Kids (and usually this entitlement belongs to kids) think that because they got sober after years of running amuck that the world owes them a diamond studded chariot covered in puppies and candy bars. … Read entire article »
Blame it on Your Sponsor
When it comes to your sobriety people tend to tip-toe around you in fear of the dreaded relapse. I find it super awkward, so why not just use it to your advantage? A good way to use it to your advantage is to use your sponsor as an excuse for things you don’t want to face yourself. You’re probably saying, “Oh wow! Way to take responsibility for your actions, pal. That’s a childish thing to … Read entire article »
Haylee’s Teenage Experience with Weed
“Haylee’s Teenage Experience with Weed” is a blog that was written by a fourteen year-old girl who is struggling with a marijuana addiction. Our staff at Treatment4Addiction thought it would be a great piece to add some insight into how teenagers think, what they struggle with and their rationalization in early stages of substance abuse. I am a 14 year old freshman in high school and I smoke weed a lot. At least I used to … Read entire article »
Sober and Home for the First Time Since Rehab
Recently I just made a trip back home to see my family in London for the first time in six months. For the last six months I had been in some form of an addiction treatment center, either in primary care, secondary care or sober living. I had seen my parents in that time at family programs but under the supervision and monitoring of the clinical staff running those programs. This trip was, therefore, my … Read entire article »
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Link Between Teen Violence and Soda Consumption
Poor nutrition and the effects on behavior has long been a controversial body of research. Do teens who consume more soda get involved in more fights and come off more aggressively? Does the excess sugar in soft drinks affect the brain, leading to violent acts? Soda drinks are certainly not a healthy form of beverage and has the ability to influence mood in children and adolescents. Harvard School of Public Health’s Injury Control Research Center in … Read entire article »
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Why the FDA is Opposed to Electronic Cigarettes
Why is the FDA opposed to electronic cigarettes even though all the research points to them as being a drastically less harmful alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes? It might be because the federal government has a huge financial stake in the tobacco industry – 200 billion dollars worth. On Nov. 13 1998 the four largest tobacco companies in the US settled a class action lawsuit filed by the attorney generals of 46 different states agreeing … Read entire article »
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