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Recovery Reflections: July 26 “Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.” --Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 160 When I go shopping I look at the prices and if I need what I see, I buy it and pay. Now that I am...
Addiction and Compulsion Looking back Daniel can see where his addiction first started and it isn’t where someone would suspect. He grew up in the 50s and his parents would have parties every Saturday night, he can remember bowls of candy that his parents would set...
Finding Her Identity Megan grew up in a small town and her identity was closely tied to her being an athlete. She loved dancing swimming, playing basketball, and she was good at them. Which is why it was so hard for her when she was in...
Getting anyone into recovery is such a delicate process. Knowing how and when stage an intervention for a loved one is a key process in getting the necessary help required. The first time Felicia drank she was 12 and on a camping trip with her friend...
Finding Recovery Means Making a Change Addiction is difficult for many reasons. The way it rewires the brain can make it hard for someone who is addicted to even realize it at first. “Growing up I thought this was normal,” Patti said during her True Stories of...
It’s Harmless Right? Michael’s addiction started with something that most people see as socially acceptable, he started drinking Alcohol at 16 years old. For him, this quickly escalated from social dirking to getting drunk on a regular basis and smoking marijuana. After this became a normal thing...
Isolated and Underrepresented: Deaf Addicts The decision to get help for substance abuse is not an easy one, now imagine that after making the choice to get clean or sober there is no rehab facility that will take you. This is the reality for many of the...
True Stories Over the passed year you have heard many stories from people in recovery, some heart-wrenching some heartwarming, but all have overcome. Sharing your story is an important part of recovery, not only does it help you keep it green, it can also help many others...
It Starts with One Jes was originally addicted to validation. Growing up in a home where her father and older brother were both Methamphetamine users and her mom smoked Marijuana, she constantly sought validation from them. “I just wanted to know why people were always temporary and...
Using Heroin and Other Drugs to Connect Connor's Heroin addiction initially derived from his inability to connect with others. In fact, he has had a problem connecting with people for almost as long as he can remember. Because of this, he felt disconnected from the kids in his...