Recovery Truth-Telling and Addiction 30 Nov 201830 Nov 2018 "Honesty is harder than sobriety." I love that insightful quote from Brad Hambrick. Addictions require deception. In order to maintain an addiction you have to become skilled at lying, representing…
Recovery Reflections on the IBCD Summer Institute 2017 10 Jul 2017 The complexity of an addiction scares most of us. The interplay of body and soul presents unique challenges in counseling. Yet, the epidemic that is drug addiction in the U.S.…
Recovery The Addict in Us: Conclusion 15 Jun 201615 Jun 2016 Addicts are all around us. Christian theology teaches that we are all sinners and we are all prone to all kinds of failures, problems, and sins. While we may not…
Recovery The Addict in Us: Emotional Imbalance 8 Jun 2016 Human beings have a tendency to operate with extremes. In the realm of emotions we tend to live at one or the other opposite poles: (1) we are ruled by…
Recovery The Addict in Us: Power and Control 1 Jun 20161 Jun 2016 We all think we are in control of our own lives, and when we realize we're not we still want to be. We think that we should be able to…
Recovery The Addict In Us: Self-Reliance 25 May 2016 "I have to do this for myself." He was passionate about recovery, but convinced that any help would only jeopardize his process. For rehab to stick he had to be…
Recovery The Addict in Us: Grandiosity 18 May 2016 We’re probably all heard the expression “the world does not revolve around you.” If you’re anything like I was growing up then you probably heard it a lot. We all…
Recovery The Addict In Us: Perfectionism 11 May 201611 May 2016 We are all more like the addict than we realize. You may not be presently abusing alcohol or shooting heroin, but many of the characteristics that drive people towards addiction…
Recovery The Addict In Us: Impulsivity 4 May 2016 Life for Sarah (not her real name) had been about "living in the moment," doing whatever felt good, whenever it felt good. In early high school this had meant eating…
Recovery The Addict In Us: Introduction 27 Apr 2016 No one plans to become an addict. A person doesn't wake up one morning and just decide that they would like for heroin to control their life. Addiction is a…
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