Category: addictionrecovery
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Why You Shouldn’t Look in the Mirror at 3 am
Memories I remember one night looking in the mirror, I felt as if my life was over, a living hell. My reflection told me someone else lived within this body – not myself. The skin beneath my fingertips had lost its feeling. My body looked lifeless. I did not recognize myself. Nor cared to. I…
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Making Peace With Painful Memories
Struggling with addiction can leave painful memories that we’d often rather forget. But it doesn’t have to be a death sentence – I’ve learned how to deal with my own pain and move forward, which starts by allowing myself time to feel the emotions without lingering too long in them. Instead of staying stuck in…
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Helping a Loved One with Drug Addiction
The number one thing I would say is don’t enable. I know that a lot of parents or loved ones will try to give everything they can to help. In reality, all it does it hurt the one in active addiction. We need consequences for our actions. We need to hit rock bottom to recover.…