54 posts tagged Overcoming Addiction

I’ve developed an aversion against the Internet. I guilt of some kind. I have no problem surfing and wasting my time but every time I succeed to close my computer, I feel a lot better.

There are a number of potential complicating factors in recovery. Why? Because addiction is complicated. Many people disagree with the idea that recovery is complex. They believe that recovery is simple. “Just follow this simple program, and you’ll achieve a meaningful life of sobriety,” they say.

“Coke whore.” When I first heard that term applied to someone, I had recently moved to Aspen, Colorado, as a junior in high school. Just a country girl fresh from the farm in rural Oklahoma, I was shocked to learn that a coke whore spent her time providing her services for the pleasure of snorting lines of cocaine.

Sometimes we are too zealous in our outrage at the world that we want to payback evil with evil. Payback belongs to the Lord; we are meant to love our enemies and forgive those who hurt us.   Podcast version here 2 Thessalonians 1:6   God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you.

Sometimes we are too zealous in our outrage at the world that we want to payback evil with evil. Payback belongs to the Lord; we are meant to love our enemies and forgive those who hurt us. Podcast version here 2 Thessalonians 1:6 God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you.

The Importance of Diet and Exercise In the pursuit of achieving a greater level of fitness there are many things to consider. Exercise is extremely important but there is another element that is often forgotten in the search for improved fitness and health: diet.

John MacDougall of Hazelden rightly points out that resentment is no longer the number one offender, as stated in the Big Book of AA, but complacency is. Why is this, you ask? And how could the big book of AA possibly be wrong? Because the founders of AA who wrote the big book could only use the information they had at the time.

I spent two days away from the Internet. While being away, I felt no urge to check blogs or email. Now while writing this I’ve been six hours on line. This small piece of writing is everything I’ve produced today. I browsed some blogs with no interest. No topic caught my attention.

Photo by Gastev Do you think that current recovery options are sufficient? That addicts simply need more dedication in applying these solutions? Or is it possible that our current “solution set” to the problem of addiction is lacking in some way? The relapse rate for recovering drug addicts and alcoholics are dismal.

We all know what addiction is. But what exactly is recovery? How do we define it? Recovery is…. An ongoing journey, one that is exciting and keeps you interested in living life. The shift that occurs in recovery will literally change your personality. Life becomes interesting and exciting again.