Relationships in recovery can be a tricky thing. In fact, most people probably don’t realize it, but relationships are the number one problem when it comes to relapse. Nothing else has the same amount of power to create such turmoil in our lives.Think about it: your life is made up of nothing but relationships. If [...]
The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous (3rd edition, p.83-84) promises a new life filled with hope, freedom and happiness. Promise one is the first in a series of 12 articles that examines and reflects upon the rewards of recovery. After all, if you go through the painstaking process of recovering from alcoholism, you need to [...]
One of the most needed skills for recovery from alcoholism and other drug (AOD) addiction is the ability to appropriately process and manage emotions. The very absence of this skill is a common characteristic of addiction.Alcoholics/addicts in active addiction, use the chemical as an affect regulation tool, sometimes almost exclusively. So, one of the first [...]
How can we help alcoholics recover? Traditional recovery programs have tried to answer this question for decades now, and typically without much success.Part of the problem is that existing recovery programs lack customization. They are a one-size-fits-all affair that end up not really helping anyone as much as they could if they were tailored to [...]
The 3rd promise on page 83-84 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous states that “we will comprehend the word serenity.”What is the strict dictionary definition of the word “serenity?”It is the “state of being utterly calm especially in the face of difficulty and adversity.”If you are early in your recovery process it is highly [...]
