HOW TO CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS
Challenging thoughts and changing them into positive behaviours is really just taking things slowly. Mike, from Own Sobriety, writes.
CONQUERING FEAR IN SOBRIETY
Blythe is passionate about her recovery, and her music. It seemed rude not to let her explain in her own words how monumental it has been for her to rediscover her true passion.
RECOVERED. BY MEGAN.
Just because I no longer feel as though I am in active recovery, does not mean I will not always be an alcoholic. Megan writes recovery.
ALCOHOLISM & LEARNING
Do you ever get the feeling you’ve been here before? You know, same s**t, different day? Groundhog Day, even? Sometimes, the seemingly never…
USER.
The first I noticed was 4.22. I’d been up all night, I’d been using you. The second was early, just as I woke.…
NOT ALONE.
Blackened walls. The grey excess. Spiritually lost in painful death. Dishevelled and broken. Alone and scared. Sinking at pace on my own, out…
GIMME SHELTER.
Oh, a storm is threat’ning My very life today If I don’t get some shelter Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away. It’s New…
WE ONLY KEEP WHAT WE HAVE BY GIVING IT AWAY.
We only keep what we have by giving it away. Yet another saying that completely befuddled me when I first came into recovery.…
AA OLD-TIMERS AND THE STIGMA OF RELAPSE
We’re pretty excited about this. No, really. We are!
For most of us, our recovery journey will have crossed paths with AA (Alcoholics Anonymous). And you can be pretty sure in any discussion there will be folk who love them, and folk that, er, aren’t so sure! But that’s okay.
Recovery is a very personal thing. Love ’em or hate ’em, AA is a big deal for many of us.
Today we’re exploring these thoughts, with the help of renowned author and recovering drug addict, Amy Dresner, who has kindly allowed us to publish her article on AA, initially featured in The Fix.
