by Anthony Myers | Sep 14, 2016 | Addiction, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Love is a drug. Love can make you high. Several songs compare love and sex to drugs that have intoxicating effects. It makes sense. Love, sex, and drugs and alcohol all make us feel good physically and mentally. They all stimulate feel-good chemicals in the brain. If...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 13, 2016 | Addiction, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Yesterday we talked about strength in recovery. When former addicts go to rehab, they think they’re weak. This might be true physically, because drug and alcohol abuse can hurt our physical strength. On the other hand, former addicts are strong mentally. After all,...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 12, 2016 | Addiction, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Strength. Strength is an important word in rehab and recovery. People seeking help for drug abuse or alcohol addictions might not think that they’re strong. In fact, they might think that they’re the opposite of strong. Physically, this might be true. Addiction can...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 11, 2016 | Addiction, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
We’ve been talking a lot lately about viewing recovery as a journey. In this view, recovery is an ongoing goal, not a final destination. Using this perspective, we can view setbacks as temporary roadblocks, not as insurmountable barriers. Viewing recovery as a journey...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 10, 2016 | Addiction, Substance Abuse
Yesterday, we talked about how recovery is a journey, not a destination. Although we go through rehab with the goal of becoming sober, sobriety is an ongoing goal. It’s not a goal that you reach, a goal that ends. Instead, sobriety is an ongoing goal that we strive...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 9, 2016 | Addiction, Substance Abuse
“It’s the journey, not the destination” is a cliché, but like a lot of clichés, there’s a kernel of truth in there. Recovery is a journey. If you’re recovering from a drug or alcohol problem, you’re facing one of the longest journeys in your life. In fact, it’s a...
