Addiction Recovery Basics

It used to drive me crazy early in addiction recovery when people would say ‘Bill you’re just not getting it’. I wanted to know how you are measuring my progress in addiction recovery, and by what standards are you judging me and saying that I'm not getting it.

 Signs of Progress in Addiction Recovery [4:59m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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A lot of people believe that relapse is picking up your drug of choice in starting to use it again. In the drug and alcohol treatment field we regard the actual use of alcohol or drug as the end of the relapse process. Once you pick up you are in a using phase.

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I just returned from a professional conference and boy am I jazzed up! One thing I was reminded of is that it is through adversity and failure that we learn and grow.

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What is a dry drunk, and the ‘dry drunk syndrome’ as it is sometimes called? It can best be described as someone who fits one of two conditions.

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Some people believe thataddiction recovery should be a smooth continuous process. There are times however of getting stuck, here is how to deal with it.

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Here is another way to look at phases of recovery…

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