Guilt-Fear-Disgust-Failure
These four words are the words I hear the most from people in rehab. The first one, guilt, according to www.dictionary.com, is “the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially [...]
Programming Your Tape Recorder
So lesson one: before you fall asleep every night, and I mean every night, you will take three deep breaths and feel yourself starting to relax. You are starting to relax because taking these deep breaths [...]
The Lies That Stand in Your Way
Lies: I can handle what I am boozing/using I can stop whenever I want Drinking or doing drugs do not harm my career, relationships, or anything I don’t need help I can be a social user [...]
Looking Back, Going Forward
Sometimes my clients come to me directly from a session with their primary therapist. Almost every one of those sessions is an investigation into their past and trying to figure out where and how certain current [...]
Inpatient or Outpatient?
There are many reasons to consider. Cost, insurance, work, a business, school, being a stay-at-home mom or caretaker to a family member, number of recovery attempts, type and length of addiction. Whew! Both types of treatment [...]
The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth
Denying reality so you can keep using is common. Perhaps you have become an expert at lying and conniving so you can keep using. Maybe drugging or drinking is the only way you believe you can [...]
Changing Your Perspective
Perspective is the way we look at things. The perfect example of that is “Is the glass half-empty, or is the glass half-full?” This is such a perfect example because the answer is correct either way, [...]
Thinking about How You Think, and What Exactly Is a Thought?
Sure, you’ve heard the mottos, proverbs, and sayings. Stuff like “If you think you can, or if you think you can’t, you’re right.” Well, truth be told, there really is something to this. Positive thinking is [...]
Why Not You?
As you read down this list, please put a check mark next to each description that you feel describes you. At the end, you will have created a mirror. The descriptions you select will tell you [...]
Is Addiction Really a Disease?
The answer is that once addiction takes hold, it gets to be a disease. For example, if you are pre-diabetic and don’t do the things you should, you become a diabetic. If you continue to put [...]