Tag: health
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The Lymphatic System and Addiction Recovery
The main goal of recovering from addiction is to get healthy. Stopping drug-use is a small part of that; yet it’s the main focus. The main goal of this article is to inform you that treatment is important but lacks addiction education, severely. I see so many in recovery running around trying to “not use”…
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When Thoughts Attack
A Racing mind, intrusive thoughts, a swirling collage of ideas, memories, and predictions—some haunting. It kept me up at night and hyper during the day. Some called it insomnia; I called it an uncontrollable circus. This had been a problem for me ever since I was young, but it certainly went into overdrive when I…
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Battle Addiction with Breath
This article is not about breathing techniques. It is about the many ways breathing can be tooled: a better understanding of this essential element we take for granted. While breathing is our first and foremost survival essential—along with water, food, sleep, etc.—it is one of the most underrated, underused, and for the most part, forgotten…
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Why Getting Colds and Flu can be a Trigger
Why is it that, for some people, catching a Cold or getting the Flu is a trigger to use again? Is it merely the desire to mitigate discomfort; or, maybe just out of habit, an automatic response to the symptoms? I can surely recall tossing back a hot toddy or two when I got sick…
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Recovery from Alcoholism: Vitamins and Supplements
The vitamins and supplements regimen I’m about to share with you is the regimen that I found worked best for me. I was an Alcoholic, so the list I am about to share is geared towards that type of physiology. Do your own research. Get one of those big homeopathic books or do deep dives…
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It Feels Like My Recovery Program Isn’t Working
Has anyone ever felt like your recovery program isn’t working all that good? Like, you know it’s helping a lot, and you are following the instructions: you go to your meetings, follow the steps, meet with your sponsor or coach or whomever, but you still feel the pull. You are sober, you can stay sober…
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The Truth about Cravings
Nobody craves their drug of choice. Back when I was stuck in the loop of addiction treatments (7 rounds), there was all this talk about Cravings. Cravings this, cravings that: track them, what are your triggers, ways to manage them, let’s try CBT, DBT … All can probably agree, Cravings are a big deal. I…
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