Monday, December 2nd, 2019
We Need a Pack to Recover
There is an undeniable strength in numbers. Human beings are meant to work together, not to go it alone. For evidence, think back to prehistoric times when people lived...
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Tag Archives: Connection
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Friday, October 25th, 2019Are You Struggling to Communicate With Your Higher Power?
By Scott Brassart In a previous post to this site, we discussed how addicts who struggle with the concepts of God and organized religion can find a Higher Power...Read More -
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019Connection in Recovery
Addiction is a disease of isolation. Novelist Dean Koontz once wrote, “A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit...Read More -
Sunday, October 6th, 2019Addiction is a Lonely Business
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. As active addicts, we choose addictive substances and behaviors rather than other people as a coping mechanism...Read More -
Saturday, October 5th, 2019
Building Your Support Network
When is the last time someone gave you the peace of their heart rather than a piece of their mind? Having a knowledgeable and empathetic support network is a...Read More -
Thursday, September 26th, 2019Addiction, Technology, Social Connection, and Recovery
By David Fawcett PhD, LCSW For many years it was believed that drugs, including alcohol and heroin, were inherently mood-altering, that their very use would inevitably lead to addiction....Read More -
Sunday, September 15th, 2019Becoming Vulnerable
To grow up is to accept vulnerability. Happiness expert Brené Brown once wrote, “Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and...Read More -
Saturday, August 24th, 2019Recovery Is Not a Solo Sport
Love is not the icing on the cake of life. It is a basic primary need, like oxygen or water. We enter the world completely reliant on other people...Read More -
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019Using the Meetings Between the Meetings
The most powerful tool of sobriety is talking to another recovering addict. To establish and maintain long-term sexual sobriety, we need safe spaces in which we can talk openly...Read More