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RECOVERED ADDICTS HELPING ADDICTS Articles
Articles written by recovered addicts giving advice and helping other addicts in recovery from drug addiction!
ACCOUNTABILITY & RESPONSIBILITY Articles
Personal accountability allows you to move away from a mindset where things happen in your life without your consent or
influence, and embrace your role in the way your life is shaped by taking control of and responsibility for your actions.
AFFIRMATIONS Articles
Forms of auto suggestion in which a statement of a desirable intention or condition is repeated in a quiet and restful
state of mind and body, and when the desired outcome is vividly experienced in one's mind and emotions. Positive
affirmations are viewed as a mobilization of one's inner resources and a very powerful means of reprogramming the
unconscious mind.
ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING Articles
Assertiveness training is a form of behavior therapy designed to help people stand up for themselves—to empower
themselves. A type of behavior therapy in which people are taught appropriate methods of asserting themselves in
various situations through honest and direct expression of their feelings.
CODEPENDENCY Articles
Codependency is a condition in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with an abusive
addiction. Recovery helps you restore yourself to a better state or condition.
COPING SKILLS Articles
Coping is the process of managing difficult circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal
problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.
CRAVINGS & STRESS MANAGEMENT Articles
The skills, methods, and techniques involved in managing and reducing stress and drug cravings.
GOAL SETTING Articles
Setting a specific, time targeted personal objective. In order for both short term and long term goals to be met, they must
be realistic and clearly defined.
HOPE, COURAGE, & BELIEF IN SELF Articles
Hope is a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life. Courage, also known as bravery
and fortitude, is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation. Beliefs are any ideas you think are
true about yourself, others, and life.
JESUS CHRIST Articles
Jesus Christ is more than a system, tradition, or belief. He is a Person who knows our needs, feels our pain, and
sympathizes with our weakness. In exchange for our trust, He offers to forgive our sins, to intercede for us, and to bring
us to His Father. He cried for us, died for us, and rose from the dead to show that He was all He claimed to be.
Conquering death, He showed us that He can save us from our sins and addictions, live His life through us on earth, and
then bring us safely to heaven. He offers Himself as a gift to anyone who will trust Him ( John 20:24-31)
LIFESTYLE DEVELOPMENT Articles
Learning how to change your lifestyle to one supporting of success & sobriety.
MOTIVATION & BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION Articles
A form of psychotherapy that uses basic learning techniques, such as conditioning, biofeedback, reinforcement, or
aversion therapy, to modify maladaptive behavior patterns by substituting new responses to given stimuli for undesirable
ones. The tools aimed at inspiring individuals to plan their goals, reach their dreams, and become drug free.
PHYSICAL & MENTAL HEALTH/SELF DIAGNOSIS Articles
Information on your physical and mental health. Diagnosis Yourself and save money!
POSITIVE THINKING & ATTITUDE SKILLS Articles
Positive Thinking is a common motivational method used to boost one’s attitude and promote self growth. Attitudes are
positive, negative or neutral views of a person, behaviour or event.
PRAYERS & MEDITATIONS Articles
The enrichment of one’s personal spiritual beliefs through many different means, such as meditation, prayer, and
enlightenment. Prayers and spiritual development compliment each other as a personal, spiritual path toward a closer
relationship with God.
RECOVERED ADDICTS HELPING ADDICTS Articles
Articles written by recovered addicts giving advice and helping other addicts in recovery from drug addiction!
ROLE MODELS & MENTORS Articles
A person who serves as an example of a positive behavior and provide their expertise to less experienced individuals in
order to help them advance in their recovery and learning a new way of living.
SELF-CONTROL Articles
Self-Control is the exertion of one's own will on their personal self - their behaviors, actions, thought processes.
SELF-ESTEEM & WELLBEING Articles
Self relevant beliefs and emotions which shape one’s individual feelings and worth of him/herself.
THERAPY & COUNSELING Articles
Therapy and Counseling allows for the treatment, discussion, and consulting of anything from physical to mental to
emotional problems.
Articles written by recovered addicts giving advice and helping other addicts in recovery from drug addiction!
ACCOUNTABILITY & RESPONSIBILITY Articles
Personal accountability allows you to move away from a mindset where things happen in your life without your consent or
influence, and embrace your role in the way your life is shaped by taking control of and responsibility for your actions.
AFFIRMATIONS Articles
Forms of auto suggestion in which a statement of a desirable intention or condition is repeated in a quiet and restful
state of mind and body, and when the desired outcome is vividly experienced in one's mind and emotions. Positive
affirmations are viewed as a mobilization of one's inner resources and a very powerful means of reprogramming the
unconscious mind.
ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING Articles
Assertiveness training is a form of behavior therapy designed to help people stand up for themselves—to empower
themselves. A type of behavior therapy in which people are taught appropriate methods of asserting themselves in
various situations through honest and direct expression of their feelings.
CODEPENDENCY Articles
Codependency is a condition in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with an abusive
addiction. Recovery helps you restore yourself to a better state or condition.
COPING SKILLS Articles
Coping is the process of managing difficult circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal
problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.
CRAVINGS & STRESS MANAGEMENT Articles
The skills, methods, and techniques involved in managing and reducing stress and drug cravings.
GOAL SETTING Articles
Setting a specific, time targeted personal objective. In order for both short term and long term goals to be met, they must
be realistic and clearly defined.
HOPE, COURAGE, & BELIEF IN SELF Articles
Hope is a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life. Courage, also known as bravery
and fortitude, is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation. Beliefs are any ideas you think are
true about yourself, others, and life.
JESUS CHRIST Articles
Jesus Christ is more than a system, tradition, or belief. He is a Person who knows our needs, feels our pain, and
sympathizes with our weakness. In exchange for our trust, He offers to forgive our sins, to intercede for us, and to bring
us to His Father. He cried for us, died for us, and rose from the dead to show that He was all He claimed to be.
Conquering death, He showed us that He can save us from our sins and addictions, live His life through us on earth, and
then bring us safely to heaven. He offers Himself as a gift to anyone who will trust Him ( John 20:24-31)
LIFESTYLE DEVELOPMENT Articles
Learning how to change your lifestyle to one supporting of success & sobriety.
MOTIVATION & BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION Articles
A form of psychotherapy that uses basic learning techniques, such as conditioning, biofeedback, reinforcement, or
aversion therapy, to modify maladaptive behavior patterns by substituting new responses to given stimuli for undesirable
ones. The tools aimed at inspiring individuals to plan their goals, reach their dreams, and become drug free.
PHYSICAL & MENTAL HEALTH/SELF DIAGNOSIS Articles
Information on your physical and mental health. Diagnosis Yourself and save money!
POSITIVE THINKING & ATTITUDE SKILLS Articles
Positive Thinking is a common motivational method used to boost one’s attitude and promote self growth. Attitudes are
positive, negative or neutral views of a person, behaviour or event.
PRAYERS & MEDITATIONS Articles
The enrichment of one’s personal spiritual beliefs through many different means, such as meditation, prayer, and
enlightenment. Prayers and spiritual development compliment each other as a personal, spiritual path toward a closer
relationship with God.
RECOVERED ADDICTS HELPING ADDICTS Articles
Articles written by recovered addicts giving advice and helping other addicts in recovery from drug addiction!
ROLE MODELS & MENTORS Articles
A person who serves as an example of a positive behavior and provide their expertise to less experienced individuals in
order to help them advance in their recovery and learning a new way of living.
SELF-CONTROL Articles
Self-Control is the exertion of one's own will on their personal self - their behaviors, actions, thought processes.
SELF-ESTEEM & WELLBEING Articles
Self relevant beliefs and emotions which shape one’s individual feelings and worth of him/herself.
THERAPY & COUNSELING Articles
Therapy and Counseling allows for the treatment, discussion, and consulting of anything from physical to mental to
emotional problems.
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