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5 Good Reasons to Consider 12 Step Program Treatment
Overcoming an addiction problem will likely be one of the most difficult life challenges you’ll ever face. The nature of addiction works to stay front and center in your awareness, influencing your emotions as well as the choices you make throughout the day. Without some type of plan in place, it becomes all but impossible ….
Read more ›3 Valuable Benefits from Doing Step 10 NA
Step 10 – “Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.” The 12 steps that make up the 12 Step recovery approach all work together to create a lifestyle capable of sustaining a drug-free life. While much of the hard work has been done by the time you reach Step ….
Read more ›Strength in Numbers: How 12 Step Meetings Help You Build the Support Network You Need for Recovery
Addiction, in any form, breeds its own lifestyle complete with its own habits, routines and social network. In much the same way, someone wanting to live a drug-free life must develop the types of habits, routines and social network that supports continued abstinence. For people in recovery, the importance of developing a healthy support network ….
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 Step Programs for Atheists
An atheist walks into a 12 step meeting. While this may seem like the opening line to a joke, it is, in fact, a far more common occurrence than one might imagine. Addiction is a disease that does not discriminate based on religion, faith, or the belief in a higher power. Since the advent of ….
Read more ›Your First Meeting Checklist
Going to your first 12 step meeting can feel overwhelming. You don’t know what to expect. You don’t know what’s going to happen. And you don’t know a thing about AA or NA. Don’t worry. Here’s a first meeting checklist, giving you everything you need for first meeting success. Find the Right Meeting While any ….
Read more ›12 Step Meetings for People Who are Addicted to Prescription Drugs
There are 12-step meetings for people who are addicted to prescription drugs. As this issue is on the rise still, it is important to seek help when you become aware of a problem with prescription drug abuse. Call now to find rehab centers that utilize the 12-step process and will help you recover in the ….
Read more ›How to Make Amends Through 12 Step
Making a list of those you have harmed with your addiction and making amends for your harmful actions, the eighth and ninth steps in the 12-step philosophy, are some of the most important parts of the recovery process. However, it can be difficult to do make amends, and trying to can often lead to frustrations ….
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