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Relapse Prevention – Are You Slipping In Your Recovery?
Eight months of recovery was dashed away in moments. Eight months… Were there warning signs? Was there a way to prevent the physical relapse from transpiring? What steps or tools for that matter could have been put into effect to buffer the transition from the secure bubble of rehab to stepping back into reality? Relapse prevention is imperative in the conduct of an alcoholic/addict. There are a number of techniques available to secure sobriety. Relapse … Read entire article »
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Kombucha? Cough Syrup? Is This Okay in Sobriety?
While in rehab, the staff prevented us having any cosmetic products containing alcohol such as mouthwash or perfume. Our belongings were searched upon arrival and all approved prescription medications were held at the nurse’s office to be doled out as prescribed. Alcoholics will find all sorts of creative ways to get high and treatment centers must take precautions to prevent slips from inside the facility. Sometimes, the alcoholic has every intention of staying sober but a … Read entire article »
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Young in Sobriety
It was clear that by freshman and sophomore year my drinking and drug use had become problematic. I grew up in New York City – fake ids, clubs, alcohol and endless drugs surrounded me. Everyone wanted to party and everyone did. Starting when I was twelve-years-old, I drank and used drugs on a regular basis. My grade kicked off our first day of high school with a giant party where one girl got alcohol poisoning … Read entire article »
The First 30 Days: Keep Coming Back, it Works if You Work it
I woke up in the hospital, my palms sweaty, mouth dry, and the overwhelming sensation that my entire life was spinning out of control. I had an EKG on my chest and confused I pulled on the cords. The nurse told me that I had a seizure and if I hadn’t been in the hospital I would have died. All I could do was cry. June 2nd of 2011, my second day in the hospital, … Read entire article »
Body Image Issues in Sobriety
I entered rehab in the summer of 2006. I was 20 years old and 20 pounds underweight. To me, I looked fabulous. I adored the way my hip bones jut out of the tops of my shorts and how my protruding spine scaled up my back like a xylophone. I didn’t have an eating disorder – I had alcoholism, and these were some of the physical symptoms. I was a daily cocaine user and a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Conditions and Disorders, Recovery
New Nike Advertisement Uses The Concept of Addiction to Inspire Shoe Sales
In a new advertisement circulating the web, Nike compares the desperation associated with chemical dependency to the discipline of exercise and its rewards of emotional transcendence and physical endurance. The artsy, black-and-white video starts out welcoming the viewer to the world of addiction, qualifying it as “the only addiction that is good for your body.” According to the narrator of the video, the Nike addiction, like that to drugs and alcohol, starts slowly, with the “addict” believing that he or she can stop whenever they want to. Nike describes its “addiction” as a “physical and chemical addiction to sweat, endorphins, and lactic acid.” The narrator declares that, in this addiction, “your body changes and your mind transforms,” typical physical and physiological hallmarks of true addiction to drugs and alcohol. If you … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Latest News
Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients
Starting July 1, The Department of Children and Family Services in the state of Florida required a drug screening for welfare recipients. Governor Rick Scott signed the legislation, saying it is “unfair for Florida taxpayers to subsidize drug addiction.”Shortly after the bill was passed, five Democrats from the state’s congressional delegation issued a joint statement calling it “downright unconstitutional.” If tests return positive, recipients will be denied benefits for a year; failing an additional test results … Read entire article »
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Are You There GOD? It’s Me, An Alcoholic
When we come to Alcoholics Anonymous, we are encouraged to take the faith we put in our drugs and old behaviors and place it in a higher power of our understanding. Some of us call this power “God”. Drenched in religious and spiritual dogma, we often find the concept of God, and indeed the word itself, difficult to incorporate into our recovery from drug addiction and alcoholism, but once the fog of addiction has lifted … Read entire article »
Filed under: Spirituality
Internet Porn Addiction
Imagine a powerful mind altering substance that never runs out. It is pumped into each household free of cost and anonymously. It is so plentiful that each person can specify his or her own particular style and strength prior to consumption. This is no fantasy. Internet pornography provokes the release of naturally occurring opioids in the brain and has the potential to be highly addictive. These days, there is no shortage of internet porn. 12% of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Addiction, Love and Relationships
Sex and Sobriety: Sex With a Using Addict?
Tom and I had been working together for a month when I took interest in him as more than a coworker. We shared a similar sense of humor and always had fun secretly flirting in the office. Being sober, I missed the excitement of sneaking around and doing things I wasn’t supposed to. An office scandal with Tom seemed to be the perfect, sober way of getting into a little trouble. Tom, also sober, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Love and Relationships
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