Tag - sobriety

Successful Career → Retirement → Rehab

A Common Scenario College years There is a common scenario for late-blooming female alcoholics of a certain age. There is a typical story of this style of the up and coming drinker. When they were girls, they may have done some light or heavy drinking, perhaps even some “soft” drugs in college. Early adulthood Pregnancy and child rearing, planned or otherwise, became the impetus for many women to stop using alcohol or any other drugs.  Maybe her husband clearly drank too much, and she...
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Living One Day at a Time: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow There are two days in every week about which we should not worry. Two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed. We cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone. The...
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Addiction, Anxiety & Depression

Addiction, Anxiety, & Depression - Common Co-Occurring Disorders Co-Occurring Disorders – What does this mean? Co-Occurring disorder is a replacement term. It replaces the terms dual disorder and dual diagnosis. The term refers to an individual who has a co-existing substance-use disorder and a mental illness. Working in the addiction field, we hear the term co-occurring disorder often. The term can apply in the vast majority of people seeking help for alcoholism or other forms of addiction. Addiction manifests in many ways. And many of those ways...
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Play the Tape Through

Play the Tape Through: A Strategy To Prevent Relapse Newcomers to recovery need all the help they can get! There is a little gem of a relapse prevention strategy we find especially helpful. We call this strategy, “Play the Tape Through”. A Kit of Spiritual Tools There is a shining promise made in the 12 Step recovery literature. Well, there are a LOT of promises throughout the literature. But, one promise is about being able to access a kit of spiritual tools. When, therefore, we...
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Top 5 Reasons Panama is a Great Rehab Destination

Where’s the best place to go for alcohol treatment or drug addiction rehab? If you’re struggling with drug addiction or alcoholism, you probably already know that rehab is the best option for you to overcome your addiction, recover, and change your life to what you want it to be. But it can be harder to know what your best option is for the best in drug addiction rehab. Should you stay in the UK, Europe, US or Canada? Well, there are...
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Addiction Recovery at one of The World’s Best Alcohol & Drug Rehab Centers

Rated Among the Top Rehabs in the World Serenity Vista was independently rated among the top rehabs in the world. This places Serenity Vista international, private holistic rehab among the company of world leaders in addiction treatment including the Betty Ford Center, Hope by the Sea in California, The Caron Foundation, and the Cirque Lodge in Sundance, Utah. Of all places, the Republic of Panama boasts one of the top private treatment facilities in the world. Serenity Vista with its roots coming from...
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Hiding Drinking

Sign of a Real Problem Many people struggling with addiction think that if they’re hiding drinking , they’re hiding their addiction. Stashes of Alcohol Are you someone who hides alcohol? Do you have a bottle stashed behind the laundry soap or the cereal on the top shelf? Or perhaps you keep a flask behind the tools in the garage or shed. Maybe there are some nips in the bottom drawer of your desk at work or in your purse. We've heard of many ingenious...
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New Years Resolutions

Making Resolutions this New Year's? If you are like most people, you are likely planning on making a few New Year's resolutions this New Year. If so, congratulations! And, like most people, you may feel very committed to your resolutions, and, a few days or weeks in, you may do very well at adhering to them. If that's the case, wonderful. Keep it up! But, what happens for most people is the incentive and best intentions begin to wane, and the regular...
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Why Am I An Alcoholic?

Alcoholic - Just like Dad I said I would never become like my Dad, but I was. Growing up in an alcoholic home gave me an opportunity to hone and sharpen my survival-skills-set. It was always a gauntlet navigating the various stages of a drunk-father and a codependent-crazy mother. My two sisters were busy pretending everything was ‘perfect’ and hiding the evidence of our dysfunctional and violent family life. I swore I was going to get out of the madness by working...
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Ethical Drug Rehab: What to Look for (and What to Avoid) in an Addiction Treatment Center

Ethical Drug Rehab If you or your loved one are struggling with addiction, you’re no stranger to how completely unmanageable it can make your life feel. Sooner or later, most of us who struggle with addiction reach a breaking point – a point at which we realize that the rationalizations, attempts at moderation and failed promises aren’t working, and it’s time to get professional help. How to Choose But once you make the all-important decision to seek addiction treatment, another weighty one presents...
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