12 Steps at a Time One of the most influential parts of recovery that really promotes change is when someone works the 12 steps. Working the steps allows us to let go of past resentments and feelings that may bring us back into the cycle of addiction. It helps us to realize what our part…
Rehab Beats Being Alone For many of us, the progression of our drug use took us out of the party of many, and placed us in a party of one as addiction started to take hold. We began drinking alone for fear that those around us would protest our excessive alcohol consumption; we started using…
It is extraordinarily difficult to be grateful for much while in active addiction. Our worlds shrink, our lives don’t make much sense, all our problems are everybody else’s fault, and nothing goes as we plan. We are constantly met with disappointment, and develop innumerable resentments as a result of our fear, anger, and sadness. Then…
The first months of sobriety are marked by feelings of improved health, new friendships and activities, achievement and accomplishment. The once small and limited worlds of our addiction have begun to open up around us, and we can hardly find fault with anything. That’s how great we feel, now that we’re taking care of ourselves.…
Addictive Tendencies Chronic insomnia and other sleep problems may be a pathway by which problematic substance use develops in individuals predisposed to addiction. Drugs of all kinds are abused by people with addictive tendencies—from NyQuil to benzodiazapines, to alcohol, to opiates. Those with insomnia and other sleep disturbances may use drugs and alcohol to self-medicate, but…
Stop the presses, the record companies would like to remove the “drugs” from “sex, drugs and rock’n’roll”! Today, the once glamorized lifestyle of the singer-songwriter drug addict is now looked down upon more and more, especially by those financially invested in the output and success of such artists. Some music labels and managers in the…
Compromising Situation We’ve all been in the same compromising situation before, sometimes more than once: our clothes smell like skunk, our eyes are red and we eat every piece of food in sight; our pupils are huge, we can’t stop waving our hands through the air in amazement and Phish is playing on repeat on…