“If you want to call it a disease, the kind of disease it is is a learning disease.” Maia Szalavitz For article, “What if Addiction is Not a Disease and Your Brain is Not ‘Broken’?”
For article, “6 Activities That Are Like Vitamins for Your Mind,” click on photo.
Depression is like a drug dealer offering me crack in the form of emotional darkness. For article “What I Learned About Depression from Johann Hari”, click on photo.
Letting go is often the path to discovering that the life we have is exactly the life that we most needed. For article, “Let Go of Your Dreams and Bring on the Party!” click on photo
My depression still lurks in the corners of my mind, even though I am well into my recovery. What I find difficult is that anxiety seems to have replaced it. For more, click on photo
For article, “Four Questions that will set Your Recovery Direction for 2018” click on photo. Photo by Jim Sher
I keep dragging around what’s bringing me down If I just let go, I’d be set free Holding on Why is everything so heavy? Linkin Park, “Heavy.” For article, “What if Addiction is Not a Disease and Your Brain is Not ‘Broken’?”
What have you learned about letting go of dreams that once seemed so important to you? For article, “Let Go of Your Dreams and Bring on the Party!” click on photo
Unworthiness can become both a castle and a prison. The high walls will keep you safe, but they will also keep you inside. For article, “Your Feeling of Unworthiness is Undermining Your Happiness,” click on photo. Photo courtesy of jjfirefox
“You can’t beat addiction out of somebody,” he said. “You can’t yell loud enough to get them to stop. When I was in active addiction, nobody hated me more than me. I despised myself, couldn’t look in the mirror and wanted to die almost every day.” For guest article, “Tough Love Doesn’t Work: A New … More This is Why Tough Love Won’t Work
Getting High on Recovery 