How to be a Sober Girl
Who wants to get sober, I mean really? Didn’t your heart sink when you finally realized you couldn’t drinkanymore and the ‘fun’ was over? Even though by the time you quit drinking it had sto...
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The Advantages Of Being An Addict
I am a big fan of Malcom Gladwell. For those who are unfamiliar with him, he is the author of famous works such as "The Tipping Point" and "Outliers." Both of these books had huge impacts on...
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Addiction - Cunning, Baffling and Powerful
The word addiction is one that conjures up vivid imagery in one’s mind, whether or not an individual is in recovery. We often see the end products of what addictive behaviors and actions do...
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Three Inspirational Recovery Stories
The National Health Service, the UK’s publically funded healthcare system, estimates that around 9% of men in the UK and 4% of UK women show signs of alcohol dependence (source). These kinds...
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Courage in Recovery
May 22nd, 2003….I will remember that day always. On that day, I entered a halfway house to begin treatment for my alcohol dependence. At that point I had a couple of weeks sober and while...
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