It’s easy to be distracted and lose sight of what’s important. When that happens, it is common to rationalize and excuse the missteps of…
Over the years, I’ve noticed that people often want approval and affirmation. They want it, yet rarely receive it or can’t believe it when…
Underneath the Addiction Managing your emotions is key to achieving long-term sobriety. Giving up on the addiction is only the starting point. People use…
Many people that start a treatment program see it as an awkward in-between place. They have mostly left behind the old life but have…
I’ve spent the better part of the last 30-plus years helping people recover from substance use and mental health disorders. For me to say…
Permit me to start with an automobile analogy. In the old days before fuel injection systems, when cars had carburetors, engine flooding would occur…
Let’s Be Reasonable The confusing influence of addiction is often referred to as “cunning, baffling, and powerful.” The nature of addiction distorts insight into…
The task of recovery is enormous. Between you and your long-term sobriety stands a massive wall preventing your progress. It looms large and is…
How you see yourself is an important concept in recovery. There may have been many people around you who did not believe in you.…
Troubles come in every shape and size. Depending on how you define it, trouble may visit uninvited, stay too long, and then stubbornly refuse…
