Posts Tagged ‘addiction recovery’
Thoughts on Disease and Recovery – Addiction and Cancer
Disease and Recovery – most people do not understand addiction to be a chronic disease like other chronic diseases. In today’s guest post, John M McNamara shares his thoughts on disease and recovery – his own (cancer) and his wife’s (addiction) – to emphasize his point that addiction is a disease, as is cancer, and that…
Read MoreYogic Tools for Recovery – New Book by Kyczy Hawk
Yogic Tools for Recovery is Kyczy Hawk’s latest book (November 2017), and it is powerful on so many levels. Not only for its significant contribution as a tool to help those recovering from addiction*, but also for Kyczy’s ability to paint a picture – a feeling – with words. And it is in the latter,…
Read MoreAddiction Relapse Triggers
Many readers may be surprised to know that addiction relapse is common — something I discussed in my post, “5 Reasons People Relapse After Years of Sobriety.” As David Sack, MD, explained in his October 19, 2102 article,” Why Relapse Isn’t a Sign of Failure, As with chemical addiction, patients with chronic illnesses such as…
Read MoreWorking the 12 Steps With a Little Help From Brain Science
Millions struggling with addiction* have found their pathway to recovery through the 12 Steps — AA and NA, as examples. Millions of their loved ones have found their recovery from secondhand drinking | secondhand drugging (SHD)** through 12 Steps, as well — Al-Anon and Nar-Anon, as examples. But there are many more who report having a problem with the…
Read MoreTough Love – Harmful or Helpful?
Tough love – does it hurt or help a person with an addiction to alcohol or other drugs, aka substance use disorder (SUD), get the help they need? I regularly get some form of this question – generally because there’s so much confusion about what it means. Unfortunately, there is no single definition of tough…
Read MoreThe Mindfulness Practice of Just Looking
Having a mindfulness practice can be an integral part of recovery – whether that’s recovery from a substance use disorder or from secondhand drinking | secondhand drugging. But it can seem a daunting task – clear your mind and focus on the present – HOW?! Especially when your mind is bouncing from thought to thought…
Read MoreMeditation Can Help With Addiction – Debbie Hampton
Meditation can help with addiction — really! And who better to write this post than today’s guest author, Debbie Hampton, creator of the immensely popular blog and website, The Best Brain Possible, whose own brain recovery story is sure to inspire readers. After taking care of her brother as he wasted away and died from…
Read MoreAddiction – Substance Use Disorders – Families – We Recover | We Vote
Addiction – Substance Use Disorders – Families. We Recover | We Vote and We are Facing Addiction! WE are the more than one-hundred million Americans who are either living their lives in long-term recovery from addiction (aka Substance Use Disorders) OR the family and friends whose lives were devastatingly changed trying to help loved ones…
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