Bashing AA
By Nicola O’Hanlon Reblogged from http://iloverecovery.com/2014/07/23/is-there-an-upsurge-in-12-step-bashing/%22 I’m not sure if there is currently an upsurge in 12 Step bashing recently or if I’m...
View ArticleRobin Williams: Speak Up About Recovery Other Lives Depend On It
By Marc Dunn Once again a beloved celebrity, Robin Williams, has died as a result of his addiction to drugs or alcohol and the depression that goes along with it. If you are reading this, probably you...
View ArticleHope In Recovery
By Rachel Naomi Remen “Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Strong hope in recovery from addiction, is just as important as...
View ArticleHeavy Drinking Is Epidemic
This interpretation and the report itself is disturbing to me. Besides the headline and its pronouncement that heavy drinking is OK because you are not necessarily an alcoholic is easily misleading....
View ArticleCoasting Into Complacency
COMPLACENCY!!! Until recently I didn’t realize how much that word or thought scared me. I had heard many people share about the trap I could become ensnared in by not going to meetings, not staying...
View ArticleA Recovery Coach Answers Critical Questions
We see so much about addiction in the media and on TV, but many people have a lot of questions about sobriety, what it means and how it will change their lives. Here some answers anyone ready for a...
View ArticleAA Comes Of Age
Dr. Harry Tiebout Characteristic of the so- called typical alcoholic is a narcissistic egocentric core, dominated by feelings of omnipotence, intent on maintaining at all costs its inner integrity. The...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To Families Where Addiction Is Present
by Alicia Cook Last night someone said to me, “For someone who writes about addiction, you are being judgmental!” Now, without going into specifics, I can tell you I was a lot of things last night:...
View ArticleThe Good, The Bad and The Dangerous-Alcohol Consumption
While the effects of alcohol consumption are highly individual, government researchers suggest these general guidelines. ‘Moderate’: Up to 1 drink a day for women, 2 for men. Drinking at this level can...
View ArticleLife Has Been Good To Me
“…God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves” Alcoholics Anonymous p. 84 Fear – Anger – Guilt; The Unholy Trinity permeate my early memories. It probably was a combination of a war bride...
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