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10 Things Needed for Recovery

What comes first – the desire for recovery or being pushed into it? In other words, does the person who goes into treatment go because

I don’t have a full length mirror anymore. Benj got rid of it, upon my request, while I was in treatment when I finally began

After 16 days, I was scared of going home. Treatment was safe. I had people around me to hold me to the rules of recovery

You know the right choice. You know what you have to do, but to admit it – admitting to it, seems unthinkable. Because if you

“Do you believe recovery is possible?” she asked me. I looked her in the eyes, chose my words carefully and responded with confidence, “I trust

I fought a chicken nugget and the chicken almost won. And that was the moment I realized, fists up, game face on, power behind the

I still have triggers. Which kind of pisses me off, excuse the harsh vocabulary. But that’s how I feel about it. Last weekend Benj and