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9 Myths about Recovery (that everyone believes) Author: Justin Mckibben The concept of recovery from addiction to drugs or alcohol is a strange and abstract idea to people who aren’t in recovery. Even everyone in recovery can remember a time when they themselves had no idea what... Learn More

How My Cat Literally Saved My Life Soma, riding in the car on my lap By Cheryl Steinberg I know, this title sounds pretty odd, a little extreme, and might even make you laugh. But, in all seriousness, I totally credit my cat, Soma (R.I.P.) with saving my... Learn More

Hitting Bottom: How I knew I needed help You’ve probably heard this time and time again: not everyone’s ‘rock bottom’ looks the same. And what that means is, there are some of us who were what are considered ‘functional addicts’ and ‘functional alcoholics’ in our active addiction. We... Learn More

7 Practical Ways I Can Begin to Stop Enabling The Addict in My Life Today It is quite common for people who are in relationship with an addict – whether it’s a family member, friend, lover, coworker, etc. – to become that person’s enabler. A great working definition of ‘enabling’ is that it is “removing... Learn More

Sum 41 Deryck Whibley Hits His Alcoholic “Rock Bottom,” But Will His Near Death Experience Keep Him Sober? Grammy-nominated Canadian-born musician and producer, Deryck Whibley, the guitarist, lead singer, and songwriter for the band Sum 41, was recently seen in public for the first time after a month spent in the hospital for alcohol-related health complications. The 34-year-old,... Learn More

Hitting Bottom: Is It Necessary? It’s something you hear all the time when someone is telling their story, all about what happened and their rock bottom point of their life. What is hitting bottom? Hitting bottom is considered to reach the lowest or worst point... Learn More

Am I an Enabler? Take this Quiz and Find Out! What is Enabling? Enabling is used to describe dysfunctional behavior that is intended to help resolve a specific problem but in fact may prolong the problem or make it worse. Being an enabler means taking responsibility, blame, or making... Learn More

Drug Myths Debunked: Addiction For a long time addiction was severely misunderstood, and, to a certain extent even now, it is still widely misunderstood. As more and more science and research is done about what addiction is, and how it affects the individual using... Learn More

Is ‘tough love’ the best way to treat addiction? The ‘tough love’ mentality The old thought and prevailing opinion of addiction treatment was that tough love was necessary to get an addict to admit to having a problem and then to beat a way to sobriety. By letting an... Learn More

9 Myths about Recovery (that everyone believes)

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