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How to Walk the 12 Steps Down Recovery Road
Doing the steps is an integral part of the 12 step recovery program. Fortunately, the steps can be broken down into simple smaller pieces so you can understand them easily. This makes the process a bit easier to comprehend, if not to actually do them. Finding the Road to Recovery According to the National Institute ….
Read more ›Dual Recovery
There are two meanings for the phrase “dual recovery”. The first is someone who is addicted to more than one (unrelated) substance or behavior. Sometimes it’s one substance and an activity, either of which is addictive by themselves. So, for instance, someone who is both an alcoholic and a compulsive gambler. Recovery would have to address ….
Read more ›4 Ways Step 10 NA Can Help You Stay on Course
Step 10 – “Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.” In its entirety, the 12 Step program walks you through the growth stages involved with building a drug-free existence. By the time a person reaches Step 10 NA, much of the hard work is done. From here on out, ….
Read more ›12 Ways the 12 Steps of AA Can Change Your Daily Life
Maintaining a sober existence means incorporating certain key practices within your everyday dealings with others and with self. The 12 Steps of AA provide a ready-made plan that can help you overcome addiction’s effects in your daily life. Here are 12 ways the 12 Steps of AA can help you stay sober on a day-to-day ….
Read more ›The History of Alcoholics Anonymous
Most everyone knows that an A.A. meeting is due to the mention in movies, TV shows, books, and more. According to the NCBI, Alcoholics Anonymous began in 1935 and has grown to become the most popular self-help organization in the world. But where did it start and how did it become what it is today? ….
Read more ›Overcoming the Dangers of Pride in Addiction Recovery Through Step 7 NA
Step 7 – “Humbly asked our Higher Power to remove our shortcomings.” The old saying, “pride goeth before the fall” covers most any and all areas of daily living, but even more so for people recovering from drug addiction. As a general rule, any attitude that breeds negativity or contempt holds the capability to sabotage ….
Read more ›How Does 12 Step Facilitation Therapy Work?
12-step facilitation therapy often works in tandem with traditional 12-step programs to help addicted individuals recover and gain back control of their lives. This treatment method provides structure to an individual’s overall rehabilitation program and helps the individual shape their recovery in the way that is most beneficial to them. What is 12-step Facilitation Therapy? ….
Read more ›Twelve Stepper
On Being a Twelve Stepper So… we’re in the lexicon of Modern Drunkard Magazine. Didn’t know there was a magazine for alcoholics? There is. And not recovering alcoholics, but people who still think it’s funny to puke in public. At the definition of a twelve stepper is: A reformed drinker or someone who wants to quit ….
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