Identifying and Handling Triggers
Addicts and alcoholics have a tendency to not handle things so well. This isn’t stigmatization as much as it is proven fact. For reasons stemming out of childhood, personality or mental disorders, certain input in an addict or alcoholic’s life translates into a volatile output. Due to their inability to process the information of such […]
Having a Chat: History of AA
Bill Wilson was desperate to get sober. A chronic alcoholic without an answer or solution to his ever prevailing drinking problem, Bill found himself in a sanitarium once again. This time, doctors assured him, could be the last before real damage in his brain would start to occur. A bit before then, Bill was visited […]
H.A.L.T.
Mankind has a few basic needs for survival. In fact, man’s brain, specifically the midbrain section, is programmed to dictate operations based on these survival needs: eat, sleep, hunt, reproduce. Among a few others, most of human thought process stems from these needs. When drugs and alcohol, eating disorders, process addictions or other behavioral issues […]
Getting Through a Triggering Situation
Triggers are everywhere. At least, so it seems in early recovery. Having been stripped of any last defenses and feeling like insides have been turned to outsides, early recovery leaves a person feeling incredibly raw and vulnerable. Layer after layer of patterned thinking and behavior are unearthed revealing endless information about what makes someone tick, […]
Emotional Management
Emotions can be odd, to say the least. Sometimes there are tears during happiness and laughter during sadness. Days can be filled with endless joy or bottomless sorrow. In early recovery especially, emotions and feelings are curious new/old experiences that can be at once exhilarating and overwhelming. Positive feelings can feel really fantastic. Less positive […]
The Importance of Honesty in Recovery
Go to any AA meeting, hear it in most 12 step meetings, and quickly come to know: recovery is a program of honesty. In the section of Chapter 5 titled “How it Works” read at the beginning of most AA meetings it is read that the 12 steps are a program of ‘rigorous’ honesty and […]
Step Seven: The Thing About Shortcomings
“Humbly asked Him to remove these shortcomings” states the text for the seventh step in the 12 steps of most 12 step programs. ‘Him’ referring to a God that has been constructed out of the individual person’s understanding and belief, step seven is call to take action against the negative behavior patterns that block further […]
Symptoms of Synthetics Addiction
Synthetic drugs are a wild, volatile subculture of addictive drugs that make it hard to understand why anyone would want to keep doing them. In order to stay ahead of the authorities, synthetic drug manufacturers are constantly changing the chemical compound recipes for their drugs, making the effects and side effects dangerously unpredictable. In almost […]
Developing a Spiritual Practice
God isn’t for everyone. For that matter, neither is spirituality. In the world of recovery, mostly dominated by a twelve step program that prides itself on being a spiritual program, there is seemingly a lot of pressure to get spiritual. All too often, people steer clear from the hands of recovery out of fear for […]
Benefits of Luxury Rehab Treatment
Addiction affects people regardless of income. Gambling, sex, alcohol, drugs or other addictions can take a toll on a person’s relationships, finances and health. Effective treatment for addiction depends on an individual’s circumstances, but with targeted treatment recovery rates usually go up. Luxury addiction treatment centers provide the best care with state of the art facilities, […]