10 Things I Should Have Known At One Year Sober
It's true, at one year sober, you're a miracle. And life is whole lot better now than it was at the end of active addiction. But, easy does it, being one year sober is really just the beginning of the... Learn MoreThe 12 Best Songs About Recovery
[caption id="attachment_9199" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Photo Credit: www.wifflegif.com[/caption] Everyone loves a song that they can relate to; and being in recovery there are a lot of songs out there from musicians who struggled with addiction. Below I’ve listed what... Learn More8 Most Shocking Moments of Rob Ford’s Meltdown
I hear the name ‘Mayor Rob Ford’ and I think, “Oh God, what now?” The latest Ford- related news involves a brief, one-minute video captured by cellphone and it’s a doozy. The seemingly plagued mayor of Canada’s most populace city,... Learn MoreIn the News: Hedge Fund Trader Opens Up About ‘Wealth Addiction’
In a recent (and rather popular) op-ed for the NY Times, a prior hedge fund trader describes how he replaced his drug and alcohol addiction with an addiction to money. "I was a giant fireball of greed," Sam Polk writes.... Learn More10 Things You Don’t Realize Until You Get Sober
First and foremost, you probably didn’t realize you were an addict until you got clean. Might sound weird but, for most of us, we didn’t realize we had a real problem until we decided to get clean and got some... Learn MoreIn The News: LA Sheriff’s Deputies Accused of Rape, Smuggling Heroin and Immigrants
Deputies in Los Angeles have been accused of rape, sneaking heroin into a prison, stealing cash from a narcotics bust, smuggling undocumented immigrants and even using a Los Angeles Sheriff's Department helicopter for unofficial business. This was just some of... Learn More7 Things That People in Recovery Do That Normies Would Find Weird
[caption id="attachment_8849" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Photo Credit: www.wifflegif.com[/caption] Being in recovery, we live our lives a little bit differently than the normal every-day folks. There are a lot of common things that we do that ‘normies’ would consider bizarre. So here... Learn MoreIn the News: College Student Stabs Mother and Chops off Penis While on Club Drug
[caption id="attachment_8845" align="aligncenter" width="300"] image credit: http://alternativehighs.blogspot.com/[/caption] December 29, West Sussex, England – A 19 year old college student who was home during semester break attacked his mother and then himself, cutting off his own penis, the UK publication The... Learn MoreWhat Your Drug of Choice Says About You, Part One
[caption id="attachment_8830" align="aligncenter" width="400"] image credit: wifflegif.com[/caption] If you’re ‘one of us’ – a recovering alcoholic/addict – then you know this fun little game: Guess the DOC. Often times, there are ‘tells’ – traits, characteristics, or signs that can be... Learn More10 Addiction Myths You Probably Believe
[caption id="attachment_8791" align="aligncenter" width="300"] image credit:Flickr - cyclonebill - Spejlæg.jpg[/caption] Studies of the brain show images that indicate there are differences in the brain that are both cause and effect of addiction. Even before drug use begins, there are neurobiological... Learn MoreIn the News: Hoax Claiming ‘Marijuana overdoses kill 37 in Colorado’ Goes Viral
Apparently, someone wasn’t too happy about the legalization of marijuana in Colorado since there were allegations of deaths following the legalization. There was a story claiming that 37 people in Colorado overdosed on marijuana on the first day it was... Learn More10 Best Addiction Documentaries on Netflix
In my house, Netflix is our source of watching TV shows or movies; we don’t even have cable TV because Netflix is so much cheaper. Since I really love watching Netflix TV and movies, I thought of a list of... Learn More
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