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The Truth about What My Stint in Drug Rehab Was Really Like

"I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake, and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger." ~ Samuel L. Jackson I…
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Four Celebrities Who Sadly Lost Their Battle with Addiction

"There is a predominant voice in the mind of an addict that supersedes all reason and that voice wants you dead. This voice is the unrelenting echo of an unfulfillable void." ~ Russell Brand, speaking about fellow actor Philip Seymour Hoffman,…
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Starting Your New Life Sober: What Happens Once You Choose Recovery

"So what do we do? Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late." ~ Lee Iacocca Congratulations! If you have…
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My Story: I Never Thought Addiction Could Happen to Me

"Addiction begins with the hope that something ‘out there' can instantly fill up the emptiness inside." ~Jean Kilbourne, Can't Buy My Love It was never supposed to happen to me. Sometimes, even today, it seems easier to believe that it…
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Three New Year’s Goals to Have When You’re New in Recovery

"Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you're interested in fully living life in the year to come. Goals give us direction.…
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From Rock Bottom to Recovery: My Story

"I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue…
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Dealing with Change in Recovery

Moving: One of Life's Big Stressors I moved states at the beginning of this year, at almost three years sober I was leaving the town I got sober in, the town where my support was, and the town that I felt comfortable in. One thing about my…
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A Story of Grace: From Destruction to Recovery

My Story   The first time I tried a substance was age 13, by the age of 16 I was injecting heroin and using crack cocaine daily. At the age of 17, I became homeless on the streets of Seattle, by 18 I found myself deep into a life of…
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A Power Greater Than Myself: My Journey with the 12-Steps

In my journey of recovery there were many unsuccessful starts. They were unsuccessful for many different reasons I believe, but I can distill them down to two basic flaws: lack of honesty and lack of willingness. My 12-Step Experience Presently,…
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One Addict’s Journey to a Higher Power

Life is completely relative. Without the pain, agony, and destruction I have both felt and caused, I would not understand just how precious, how beautiful this life truly is. Without death, I would not be able to recognize the beauty of birth.…

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