Cinderella’s Story
Addiction is a disease, and there is hope. You have the power to change this. A good way to help others is by sharing your story of recovery with us.
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Summer, Sunshine, Sizzling Sobriety
There is no need to suffer. Those great summer drinks can be served without alcohol and I promise you they taste just as delicious. Surprise your friends with a girl’s porch night at your house and serve some of these refreshing summer drinks and you won’t get any complaints.
Continue Reading Recovery is a Lifestyle
Changing playgrounds and playmates was the first thing to do and the rest came slowly but surely. My life was rewarded by changing my lifestyle. I got the greatest gift of all times from it: I got my ability to laugh from the heart and to live happy, joyous and free. Some people just don’t belong in our lives if they hold us back.
Continue Reading Drunkorexia
Many people are aware of the dangers that come with all types of eating disorders, but especially anorexia …
Continue Reading Loved One Left for Treatment
Make the re-entry into life for the addict smooth. If possible pick him up in person from the treatment center, take him home to some good food and let him talk if he wants to. He got discharge instructions from the treatment center and might have informed you already. There might be Intensive Outpatient Treatment to follow, or maybe just regular visits with a Therapist and 12-step meetings. Encourage the newly sober one to follow these instructions, but don’t scare him or distrust him right from the beginning.
Continue Reading Knot My Problem
Please untangle and unknot your thoughts so they don’t become your problems. With a little bit of mindfulness, it is not so hard. Just try to live in the present and observe your thoughts. Don’t create those Gordian Knots which slow down our thinking and our life. Too many of those thought knots drive me to a liquor store, so I keep my brain neat and clean and the pathways open and disentangled. Meditation might help you stay present and stop these knots from building up.
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