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Archive for August 2014

4 Most Important Coping Skills to Learn in Recovery

4 Most Important Coping Skills to Learn in Recovery Author: Justin Mckibben Sobriety is about so much more than being able to stop drinking or using drugs. That is because addiction to drugs and alcohol itself is about so much more than the substances, and has a […]

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12 Steps To Relapse

12 Steps To Relapse By Cheryl Steinberg As a sort of tongue-in-cheek exercise, a different version of the 12 Steps were written. These steps are basically a guideline of what not to do if you want to stay clean and sober, that is, if you continue to think in […]

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10 Ways Addicts Set Themselves Up for Relapse

10 Ways Addicts Set Themselves Up for Relapse By Cheryl Steinberg Recovery takes work, there’s no doubt about it. But, even if you are putting in the effort and willingness, there are other things you might be doing that are at odds with maintaining your sober lifestyle. […]

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5 Reasons Recovery is so scary for Prescription Pill Addicts with Legit Medical Problems

5 Reasons Recovery is so scary for Prescription Pill Addicts with Legit Medical Problems For those addicts who struggle with the abuse of prescription pills, especially powerful painkillers, it is an uphill battle trying to find treatment and escape out of that vicious cycle and into recovery. […]

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5 Signs of TRUE Emotional Sobriety

5 Signs of TRUE Emotional Sobriety Author: Justin Mckibben Our emotions are such an important part of who we are and yet they can be our worst enemies at times, especially in recovery. The way we feel can decide how we handle situations and relationships when we […]

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Recovery Is Not Selfish!

Recovery Is Not Selfish! Author: Justin Mckibben Is it really a selfish program? We often hear that recovery is a selfish program, and that we addicts or alcoholics need to take the time to focus on and do things for ourselves, but is this kind of thinking really the […]

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Relapse Behavior: Convincing Yourself You’re Not an Alcoholic

Relapse Behavior: Convincing Yourself You’re Not an Alcoholic Author: Justin Mckibben Here again with another addition to the series that tries to address some of the more questionable conduct we catch ourselves slipping into in recovery, this segment on relapse behavior will be focused on the concept of convincing […]

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Relapse Behavior: Lying

Relapse Behavior: Lying Relapse is a more complicated and drawn out process than most people like to give it credit. No one accidently shoots heroin or binge drinks, it doesn’t ‘Just Happen’ like so many people like to describe it. Like they went to sleep one night with […]

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