Getting rid of the things that don’t align with a thriving life of recovery. So you are clean and sober, life is amazingly confusing but good. New life has been breathed back into your soul and you feel like you…
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Real Recovery is a category that deals with all its aspects. I believe that for everyone in recovery there are almost that many varieties of recovery programs. They can be as unique as the people themselves. This category will also include stories of how people have faced, fought, and won their battle of addiction.
This category will deal with God, spirituality, AA, 12 step work, relapse. Also early sobriety, programs of recovery, different methods of treatment, and dealing with family. It will deal with the way of thinking that plaques us in addiction versus the way of thinking that brings lasting sobriety. I will share my personal story and my beliefs on what led me to addiction. I will share my triumphs, my struggles, my victories.
I believe we all are in recovery from something. I pray that those posts in this category will spread light where there is darkness. Through our experience, strength, and hope we can recover. Life is fantastic and the promises do come true.
By: Michelle Frank The effects of addiction on holidays This year on the 4th of July. Food, friends and the crack and boom of fireworks. Not for me. A holiday intended to celebrate freedom was once again a reminder of…
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The ultimate party foul occurs when we spend all our time complaining about what the party doesn’t have and we completely miss out on all that it does have. This past Father’s Day, I committed the ultimate party foul. I…
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All that Anger: Was it about payback or progress? I heard yesterday in church that selfishness was at the root of every character flaw. As I sat there, processing those words, it struck me as such a truth. Recovery afforded…
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How to communicate effective boundaries. Boundaries can be a confusing thing for most people but they are a necessary thing for those wishing for life long recovery. We have heard so much about social distancing lately, so what better way…
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Last night as I dropped off Kam at her mother’s I was left a letter on the outdoor fireplace leading up to their home. As usual, she avoided contact with me, I guess that lets her feel superior in some…
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I often wonder how many times my kids thought, why can’t he stop. How many times the question was posed at family gatherings that I was absent from. Why couldn’t I stop. Did Daddy not love them enough, want them…
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There are moments when the past is unknowingly unleashed back into the present. Parts of you that you filed away. Pieces of your past that you were hoping had gone away and did not exist. They come crashing down around…
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By Michelle Frank May 1999: We had been dating for a few weeks. The first time we went out separately with our own friends was also the first time I asked, “Where is he?” And so began, what would become…
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What is normal? I mean is anything really normal, or is it what we call normal just what we have gotten comfortable with. Is what we call normal just a never ending attempt to run away from who we are.…
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