When Your Inner Voice Is Not On Your Side When you are in the grips of a substance use disorder or struggling to maintain your sobriety in recovery, it is all too easy to get inside your own head. And the things that you might say to yourself are often not helpful at...
The 12 Steps & Faith Many people have a sense of what goes on in Alcoholics Anonymous (or similar program) meetings because we see them represented in popular culture with some frequency. For example, it is fairly common knowledge that AA involves “12 steps.” And...
Set Your Sights Higher Than Rock Bottom People are pretty good at rationalizing reasons to keep doing something—even if that something is bad for them. Sometimes, the “something” in question is fairly minor. You might talk yourself into having a fourth piece of pizza,...
When was the last time you were truly angry? What did you do about it? And how did you feel about it afterward? Anger is an emotion that can quickly impact our behavior in ways that we might regret when we finally calm down. Maybe you have yelled at someone who didn’t...
Addiction Is a Disease Making the decision to get help for drug or alcohol addiction is a huge life moment. It’s one of the hardest decisions you may make, and you want to know you have support. Still, it can be hard to ask for help when it seems so many people view...
What Is the ‘Cult of Busyness’? These days, it seems like nearly all of us have become members of what has come to be known as “the cult of busyness.” For better or for worse (mostly for worse), it has become something of a status symbol to be able to...
