Getting clean and entering recovery is hard; if it were easy then everyone would be doing it. The first year can feel unbearable if you’re not doing it for the right reasons. However, if you truly want to get clean and sober, each little milestone will make you feel like you are unbeatable and can […]
When it comes to abusing mind-altering substances, the danger is par for the proverbial course. After all, it’s all right there in the term: They’re “mind-altering” substances, meaning that that alter — or even hinder — the ability of the brain to function normally. Even if isolated to the brain, the neurological repercussions of substance
Addiction is a chronic relapsing disease of the brain that affects virtually the entire demographic spectrum. Men and women of all ages and from all walks of life have fallen prey to the addictive power of alcohol and drugs. Moreover, addiction is a unique disease in that it affects family members and loved ones as
Addiction is an extremely complex, nearly enigmatic disease that we’ve only recently begun to understand. In fact, it used to be that addiction was largely seen as a moral issue with individuals who suffered from substance abuse problems considered to merely be bad people. Fortunately, years of research and observation has shown us that’s not
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Hi, My name is Bill, and I’m a Dad of a recovering Alcoholic/Addict. 9 months ago, I did see me writing this Testimonial. Since July of 2015, our family had been tormented by the disease of addiction that took my son through four detoxes and attempts at rehab. We were lost. Our entire family was
It was 5AM, June 30th, 2014. I was staring at my computer screen with dried-out, dark red eyes. A loaded syringe and a burned-up pipe sat next to me on the table, along with a slew of empty beer cans and liquor bottles occupying the remaining surfaces of my room. The anxiety in my gut
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I never knew what was wrong with me until I entered AA. All I knew was that I was different and needed to be fixed. Over and over again, you hear “I just never fit in” uttered during meetings. Well, that was my reality. I grew up in a very wealthy family in the Philippines.
Thinking back to September 2015 I can still remember the pain I felt as I fell to my knees in the hotel room. “NOOOOO!!!!!, I screamed. This can’t be happening again!!!!! I was filled with fear, and I felt like my world was coming to an end. “I want my son back!!!”That was the last
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My mom got clean when I was 3 years old. Before that, I can remember going to the beach with her and her friends and hanging out in the bar while they drank. I can remember the bartender serving me Shirley Temples with extra cherries, just the way I liked them. I don’t have any
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As I sit and write this, I ask myself “why has it taken so long to share my story?” The answer is simple: It’s easier to hide our past then it is to share it. The beginning of my story may not seem so special, but what makes my story worth sharing is how it ends.
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