“We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves”
A popular saying goes “Acceptance is the antidote to all our problems” and it didn’t lie. On the journey to freedom from ourselves, acceptance
Acceptance in recovery doesn’t end at once. Acceptance and forgiveness are like Siamese twins in recovery, they go everywhere together. One cannot function without the other. After we have practiced forgiveness, the next most important thing to do is accept.
Nothing brings down walls as surely as acceptance
Acceptance is one of the most important steps on our addiction recovery journey. On this journey, we will hear the word acceptance a lot because it allows us to be imperfect, it
Forgiveness is a deeply rooted act that affects both our minds and our bodies. Don’t you often wonder why when two lovers fight, nothing seems to make sense in both of their worlds, but when they are on good terms
The hurt we cause for ourselves during active addiction is just one side of the coin, the other side is the hurt we caused other people during that time. We simply cannot overlook the emotional and psychological effect our addiction
When I met her, I thought I wouldn’t use dope anymore. I had been clean for a year but then I started using again and then she took my second daughter to Turks and Caicos to raise her around her
Living a disciplined life is sometimes easier said than done but that doesn’t make it unachievable. We are more than capable of righting our wrongs and taking action in continuing to move toward the healthy goals we set for ourselves.
Being disciplined requires a lot of determination and action! We all know that nothing great comes easy but we must keep working at it until it becomes a part of us just like breathing. We cannot continue to run from
Addiction is a disease millions of people in American and even abroad struggle with. Although addiction is a treatable disorder, it is not incurable. Tracking addiction and addiction-recovery are often attempted in our society, however, addiction is very challenging to
When I was in the throes of active addiction, I was sick. Addiction is a sickness. In medical terms, addiction gets classified under mental health, but the word addiction is everyday street language. The medical profession uses the term substance