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• • FEBRUARY 17, 2017
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  Insights To The 12 Steps: Breaking The Barriers To Recovery By Letting Go Of Old Ideas

  As this journal of my recovery is laid out, my hope is to bring awareness and understanding to those who lives have been “Ravaged”, like mine has been, from the demise of addiction, and to offer a great hope that recovery is very possible no matter what your past, present or future circumstances may be. Recovery and a life free from the bonds of alcohol and drugs is real and attainable, no matter what!

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• • FEBRUARY 8, 2017
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  Captain Obvious To The Rescue: Rethinking The Steps To Remain Healthy

  When I entered inpatient treatment for the third (and final) time, one of the tasks every resident had to complete every day was to make the bed. I don’t know about you, but such a chore seemed wholly beneath me. I mean, what we’re those guys running there, a gulag?!

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• • FEBRUARY 7, 2017
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  How Much is Too Much? Is My Son or Daughter Really Addicted?

  Human beings have had access to mind-altering chemicals since the dawn of time. Alcohol, of course, is probably the world’s oldest recreational drug. And that one’s tricky regarding addiction because some cultures— including our own—have incorporated alcohol as a foodstuff. Wine is a nice accompaniment to a dish of pasta, and beer and brats seem to just naturally go together. What muddies the water, even more, is that some people can have a shot of single-malt whiskey or a highball now and then and not go off the rails in full-blown addiction.

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• • FEBRUARY 6, 2017
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  Personal Insights & The Big Book: A New World Came Into View – Part 2

  by Chris Freeman Let me continue my story by quoting Dr. Bob, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous as he wrote in the Big Book of AA on page 161 from the Chapter, “Doctor Bob’s Nightmare” – “If you still think you are strong enough to beat the game alone, that is your affair. But if you

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• • JANUARY 30, 2017
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  Big, Flashing, Neon Signs (And Little, Hidden Ones, Too): How To Know A Loved One Might Be Struggling With Addiction

  by Daniel D. Maurer Addicts and alcoholics can be sneaky. I sure know I was. Others might care less whether or not you find out they’re abusing substances. With both types of people, one thing is certain—if you become a threat to the continued use of a substance of choice (and if the person is

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