Welcome to Drug Addiction Recovery Today. This is my first ever blog post, it’s very exciting I’m actually nervous. I’m here to share my experiences about drug addiction recovery with the goal of helping and learning from others. I’m nervous about “blogging”, using the correct grammar and stuff like that. And I’m nervous about sharing [...]
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How would your recovery be different if you were in “the public eye”? If you were in any type of rehab facility, it would more than likely be publicized. If you were to be admitted to a hospital or any type of detox facility, it would more than likely be publicized. Your whole life and [...]
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Being Authentic isn’t always going to be easy but you’ll always be YOU!!!
Posted on 23. Mar, 2012 by Benji.
Recently I’ve been posting on Facebook and talking a lot about authenticity, clearly it’s been on my mind. At times I feel like I’m pushing authenticity on everyone, to be their true, genuine, authentic self. In a way I guess I am doing just that, OK maybe not pushing or forcing it but I’ve been [...]
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Today is February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM. At this time one year ago, I was sitting in an admissions office at a detox facility north west of Chicago. Time felt like it was standing still on that Saturday morning, and it did so for the next ten plus days. That Saturday morning, as I sat [...]
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On occasion, I get a little disappointed with myself, not for why you might think though. I feel disappointment in an action or reaction that I’ll make and it reminds me of how I used to be, even more disappointing, it reminds Gretchen. They’re hard lessons but they’re just that, “lessons.” I’m grateful that Gretchen [...]
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If there’s one thing I’ve learned over this last year, the one thing that I was most afraid of was being my true self and finding out exactly what and who that really was. I didn’t really know who I was or where I fit in and how I would if I ever got there. [...]
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PAIN, as defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary: to make suffer or cause distress to: hurt.
Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by Benji.
Well, my recent experience with pain sounds a little like that definition. The pain that I was experiencing did have similarities, it did cause me to suffer and it also caused distress and it did hurt. The difference, at least in my recent situation is that the pain definition seemed to be multiplied. It didn’t [...]
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I RESOLVE TO… To take a moment every day to appreciate what I have!!! HAVE MORE FUN!!!! LAUGH MORE OFTEN!!!! PATIENCE, PATIENCE, PATIENCE!!! With myself & others. Don’t stop, keep moving, and keep growing. Embrace change. Keep following my path. See the good in everything, “it’s there,” always. Be Authentic. Don’t Avoid, EVOLVE. LIVE, LOVE, [...]
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First Christmas / First New Years Well, it’s been one hell of a year; it’s definitely been a year like no other. I mean that in the best of ways. In one way it’s been the worst year imaginable, from the Intervention from Hell, to my long days in the Detox/Rehab facility, to the long [...]
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My spirit was never asleep, never left, never died, never took a day off. My spirit has always been there, fighting for me, guiding me, lighting the way for me. My spirit has always been there for me no matter what, especially when I could not be there for myself. If my spirit was not [...]
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Or should I say, how are you fitting into your recovery? I’m feeling more and more comfortable every day. It feels like I finally found a pair of shoes that fit me just right, they put a spring in my step, make me stand a lot taller, help me move along a lot smoother, make [...]
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Welcome
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My Spirit Has Been Awakened
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Addiction Recovery Divorce Guarantee Loophole
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Put Some Change Into Your Recovery
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When Does Drug Abuse Turn Into Addiction?
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Addiction Recovery Through Meditation
