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Do you know your dark side? Your destructive thoughts, feelings, and actions? Do you know your character vulnerabilities? If so, you’re a step ahead of those who don’t. Some people […]

It is easy for life to get in the way of recovery. Yet without recovery, you have nothing else. The stresses and demands of work and family often crowd out […]

What is authenticity and how does it impact upon recovery? Authenticity refers to genuineness. When you are authentic, you are allowing yourself to be you. Authentic people are like young children. […]

Becoming motivated for recovery involves three things: Sensitizing ourselves to the reality and pain of the illness of addiction, developing hope that recovery will be a better solution, and removing […]

Many people with addictions—and many people in general—have a part of themselves that wants to feel good and a part of themselves that does not like themselves. Trauma can make […]

Many people have difficulty with the concept of powerlessness. By definition, addiction involves powerlessness over compulsions and cravings such that we behave destructively. It is true that we are powerless […]

Addictions are some of the most common psychiatric illnesses, on par with depression and anxiety. As mental illnesses, they are indeed generally lifelong diseases, like diabetes, that for the most part […]