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The Stages of Change Model in 12 Step Drug Treatment
As of the first day in drug treatment, addicts enter into a step-by-step process of change that works to undo the effects of addiction and create a lifestyle capable of supporting ongoing abstinence. Most all 12 Step drug treatment programs follow set protocols designed to promote ongoing growth and change throughout the recovery process. The ….
Read more ›Am I a Codependent? 5 Ways Living With an Addict Has Made YOUR Life Unmanageable
Maintaining an intimate relationship can be hard enough without the added chaos that addiction brings. Addiction, by its very nature, breeds chaos, confusion and emotional unrest. Likewise, someone who’s living with an addict stands to experience a similar version of this addiction lifestyle. Under these conditions, it’s not uncommon to fall into patterns of codependency ….
Read more ›How Will the Narcotics Anonymous 12 Steps Help Me Stay Clean?
For many people, staying drug-free after months or years of chronic drug abuse becomes an ongoing challenge that eventually drains their willpower over time. In the absence of some form of treatment or guidance, addiction’s effects will hound a person until he or she can’t take it any longer. Narcotics Anonymous 12 Steps is designed ….
Read more ›Fear of Being Sober: How the NA Steps Help You Say Goodbye to a Life of Drugs
Many who become addicted to drugs start out as social users, using drugs to relax or wind down at parties or work functions. For those most susceptible to dependence and addiction, social drug use gradually turns into using after work or using first thing in the morning. By the time full-blown addiction takes hold, the ….
Read more ›12 Step Sponsorship
Sponsorship in 12 step programs is a serious business. Essentially, it’s about mentoring someone, but there is much more than just showing them the ropes. For many new members, their sponsor becomes the face and substance of the program – they judge it by the interactions with this “old timer,” for good or ill. Good is ….
Read more ›Can you Cure Addiction Using the 12 Steps?
Grappling with an addiction is hard work. The more that it grows, the more preoccupied you become with it, the more it takes over your reality, and the more you find yourself facing negative consequences in every aspect of your life. It is probably one of the worst feelings you have ever had to endure. ….
Read more ›Step 1 – Why Do I Have to Admit I’m an Addict?
For someone considering drug rehab, admitting a loss of control over drug use can be one of the most difficult steps in recovery. More often than not, a person really believes he or she is still in control in spite of the widespread destruction addiction has caused in his or her life. As this central ….
Read more ›Step 7 NA – 3 Ways Humility Makes You Stronger in Recovery
Step 7 – “Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.” The old saying “pride goes before the fall” addresses one of the biggest issues recovering addicts struggle with in recovery. Addiction naturally breeds a prideful state of mind where a person enters into a false sense of control as his or her life falls apart. ….
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