Treatment is a wonderful and necessary part of recovery. However, we can get burned out on talking about our feelings, learning, and staying engaged in …
Executing Action Without Expecting Results
For those of us who weren’t raised with a high value put into the adoption of faith, the notion of managing our expectations can be …
Codependency and Addiction Pt II
Unfortunately, in relationships where the dynamic of addict and enabler is primary, the only recourse is to seek out professional help. The reason that there …
Co-dependency and Addiction Pt I
The topic of codependency has been gaining traction in the addiction treatment community in the past decade or so, and for good reason. Codependency, as …
Identifying Our Inner Critics
Each and every one of us has experienced that nagging internal voice that criticizes all the ways in which we could’ve performed better, should’ve said …
Trauma and Addiction
According to the scientific journal “Clinical Psychology”, individuals who have experienced Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are between two and four times more likely to also …
The Grateful Addict
Within the rooms of AA and NA, there often seems to be a particular type of individual during the initial introductions who doesn’t simply state …
Demystifying Detox
One of the most common deterrents keeping suffering addicts away from getting the help we so desperately need is the fear associated with detoxification and …
Careful Foolishness
Within most great stories of literature and mythology, there is a character who is the focal of the story and we call them the hero. …
What Is A Higher-Order Purpose and Why Do I Need One?
Before we discuss the necessity of a higher-order purpose in the context of recovering from addiction, let’s first examine what a lower-order purpose is and …