How to Change Your Life with 3 Daily Habits
“If you are someone who has struggled with addiction, you are excellent at forming habits.”
The first time my friend Dr. Darlene Mayo said that sentence to me, I was a little taken aback, and very intrigued. She was right: addicts are great at forming habits, and that propensity, when applied for good, can be life-changing.
During our conversation on The Recovered On Purpose Show, I shared with Dr. Mayo the story of my past as a homeless heroin addict, and my present as someone seeking to change other people’s lives through the power of the lessons I’ve learned on my journey to recovery.
Read MoreWhy Journaling is a Powerful Recovery Tool
Of the many helpful tools you can use to aid you in your recovery, keeping a journal is among the easiest and most powerful. It’s easy in the sense that you can do it pretty much anywhere, at any time. All you need to start journaling in recovery is a piece of paper and a pen. It’s powerful because it works in so many different ways to help you organize your thoughts, process your feelings, and alleviate stress. Here are some of the benefits of journaling for recovery, as well as tips to help get you started.
Read MoreDialectical Dilemmas
Dialectical is a word with a long history (back to the Greeks), but for now let’s define it as “focusing or acting on the interaction of opposing forces or ideas.” Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) identifies and addresses three common dialectical dilemmas, in order to improve emotional self-regulation, one of the primary goals of DBT. DBT can be helpful for individuals in whom large and rapid emotional swings (e.g., from love to hate) are common, painful, and harmful.
Read MorePitfall in Recovery: Fear
Fear has fueled your entire addiction. This basic emotion set the wheels of your active addiction into motion. Maybe you feared feeling the pain and anger from your past and you sought out that first buzz or high. When you were living through the chaos of addiction, fear kept you from taking the blinders off and seeing the destruction around you. Refusing help and staying in active addiction was fear running your thoughts.
Read MoreArrested? Addicted to Drugs or Alcohol? Look for Drug Court
Getting arrested is a scary thing. It can be even more so when you are dealing with a drug or alcohol addiction. Traditionally, if you were found guilty of a drug-charge, you’d receive a long jail sentence.
Thankfully, drug court entered the picture in 1989. It diverts selected defendants with drug or alcohol related charges – typically those with less serious offenses – into treatment versus prison.
Read MoreThe True Cost of Addiction
When you consider the cost of addiction, you probably think of all the money it takes to sustain such a habit. While it’s true that drug and alcohol addiction is incredibly expensive, there are many other costs in addition to the financial. Many times an addict won’t realize all the things they sacrifice as a direct result of their substance abuse, as was the case with me.
In light of recent statistics estimating how much money is spent on illegal drugs in the US, I felt it imperative to elaborate on the true cost of addiction…
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