Did you know that being empathetic, being caring, can put you at risk for depression, burnout and other mental health impacts? Being empathetic and having a high sense of idealism can create emotional vulnerabilities. Learning healthy boundaries will support your recovery and improve your well being. • • • Follow the links below for free … More Empathy can Put You at Risk for Burnout
Your brain is not broken. Your addiction is not a disease. And yes, you can start your life over! ___ Last week I wrote a post “What if Addiction is Not a Disease and Your Brain is Not ‘Broken’?” If you have not had a chance to read this post, I suggest that you take … More 8 Ways to Unlearn Addiction and Build the Life You Want
For article, “Maybe it’s Time to Give Yourself the Gift of Closure?” click on the photo. I write articles that talk about the kind of changes I am trying to make in my own life. I hope that my writing also helps you. My topics include addiction and mental health recovery, relationships, and personal growth. … More Closure Will Not Make You Bulletproof, Painproof, or Hurtproof
For article, “Maybe it’s Time to Give Yourself the Gift of Closure?” click on the photo. I write articles that talk about the kind of changes I am trying to make in my own life. I hope that my writing also helps you. My topics include addiction and mental health recovery, relationships, and personal growth. … More What Do You Need to Have Happen in Order for You to Feel Closure?
For article, “Maybe it’s Time to Give Yourself the Gift of Closure?” click on the photo. I write articles that talk about the kind of changes I am trying to make in my own life. I hope that my writing also helps you. My topics include addiction and mental health recovery, relationships, and personal growth. … More What is Closure? It is a Living Space
What is closure to you? What do you need to have happen in order to feel closure? ___ Closure. It’s not about closing the door and locking something inside or away from yourself so that it can’t hurt you anymore. The word closure means to “bring order to something.” It connotes a type of fence, … More Maybe it’s Time to Give Yourself the Gift of Closure?
10 Ways to understand your personal recovery ‘sweet spot’ ___ “Improve a little each day. It compounds. When 1% compounds every day, it doubles every 72 days, not every 100 days. Compounding tiny excellence is what creates big excellence.” James Altucher As I wrote in the first part of this series, recovery is about learning how … More Recovery and Learning to Respect Your Limits, Part 2
How Knowing Your Limits Will Improve Your Life ___ The messages that we hear about our limits are confusing. Just read the two quotes below and you will see what I mean: Surrender to your limits. Peter Scazzero Whatever doesn’t kill me… had better start running Recovery is about learning how to accept your limits … More Recovery and Learning to Respect Your Limits, Part 1
Guest post by Rick Fortier. Previously published by R. Fortier. ◊♦◊ Welcome to the reality show, “This, Is Your Recovery!” There will be drama, a roller coaster of emotions, and almost certainly a cliffhanger for the next episode. It will never be boring. There is no other show like it. If you’re thinking about playing, … More The Reality Show of Recovery
Getting High on Recovery 