When One Is No Longer Enough In one of my drunken stupors following amputation of my leg many years ago, I seriously contemplated what it would take to become a one-legged ballerina. While in a fogged state of mind many...read more
As the author of The Other Woman at the Well, my first book about battling cocaine addiction and climbing back up the steep slope to sanity, I had no idea my life would take an abrupt turn and I would begin to use my gradu...read more
by Kevin Flynn
General George Patton is considered by many to be one of the most brilliant military minds of this century. He consistently won battles against an enemy who was better equipped and superior in size. How did he do it? He st...read more
When I first decided to write an article about relapse prevention, I felt anxious about what to include or exclude. I initially thought about all the material I have on relapse prevention, and how I could integrate it into...read more
My Addictive Personality My Experience in 12 Step Programs Overwhelming Moments of Powerlessness I grew up in a normal family, the youngest of five children, raised with Catholic values; the idea of faith inheren...read more
In a lonely world, we tend to do loads of things to get and keep busy. Occupying our time is a thing that many are worried about; from gaming, smoking, gambling, drinking, and so on. It is a worrying issue when any of thes...read more
A small and simple piece of advice, though one I have found to be very powerful: You have the power to do whatever you want. Sometimes it may seem like you're a slave to something, but this is never the case. It is ...read more
Many people battle with addictions for significant portions of their lives and have a lot of difficulty overcoming these things called "addictions". How do I know this? Well, not only because I hear about addictions in t...read more
I have personal experience with addiction. I was a heroin, and crack addict, and am still a smoker. The first major step to overcoming addiction, is to admit that you have a problem. This is probably the biggest step, ...read more
by Jen Mentira
The first step in combating an addiction is admitting that you might have one-not an easy thing, nor something anyone likes to do. Who wants to admit that they are "out" of control? That they are "unmanageable?" or that th...read more
How to combat any form of addiction, is the best way to do it is to give it to God, to pray, pray that you will be released from the bondage of alcoholism. You've got to seek the help go to AA and go there to listen ...read more
by Matthias Ang
In your life, you pick up habits and drop some others. If the ones you pick up are generally well accepted by the public, you are hailed to have healthy or sociable habits. However, if the contrary proves, you have just be...read more
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