Understanding Emotional Triggers: Our Feelings Have Power

Emotional triggers

Everyone Has Emotional Triggers Emotional triggers can put you in a great mood, launch you into a state of rage, or set your recovery goals back to the stone age. I’m a person in long-term recovery. I practice emotional sobriety. I work with sponsors in two 12-step programs to help me get along peacefully with […]

Do You Feel Bad About Missed Opportunities?

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Accepting Missed Opportunities And Lost Time Are Part Of Addiction Recovery I can’t tell you how many times in my life I’ve felt awful about my missed opportunities and lost time. When I was in active addiction, I missed a magical semester abroad, friends’ weddings, and so many family and friend events. I quit jobs […]

How Do I Not Feel So Lonely?

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Feeling Lonely Will Happen In Life So Learn To Manage It Now I knew that loneliness wasn’t good for you. Still, it surprised me to learn that feeling lonely ongoing can add to cognitive decline and ultimately be as dangerous as smoking cigarettes. I’m not making that up, there’s a study that says so. We […]

How To Stop The Compare And Despair

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Do you forget to focus on progress and lose yourself in compare and despair? I know better than to compare and despair. It’s a waste of time and gets me into trouble every single time. But, occasionally I find myself bereft because I forgot my own advice and I did a compare and despair. Here’s […]

6 Ways To Feel Good With A Recovery Lifestyle

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The Recovery Lifestyle Ensures More Happiness Less Pain Why should you consider adding some new thoughts and activities to your life in recovery? Take it from me, my life got significantly better when I stopped trying to be a part of a life and world that didn’t suit my sober life and I created an […]

Stress Relievers That Work For Everyone

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We all need stress relievers. Life itself is complicated just managing work, family, and maybe recovery. Add world events, the economy, and whatever else might be going on in your life and it gets overwhelming quickly. Finding the right stress relievers for your needs is more important now than ever before. Trust me when I […]