Free Information on Addiction Recovery Topics
- Garbage Rules will prod you to face your self-defeating thinking that’s keeping you addicted.
- Ego will help you to understand and overcome the underlying problem in your addiction.
“Vices are never genuinely tamed.” —Seneca
“Recovery is the process of recovering who you were as a child.” —Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
“Regard your addiction as a whiny brat, not as a powerful monster.” —Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
“It is easier for the will to cut off certain things utterly than to use them with restraint.” —Seneca
“When confronted with a situation which we cannot change, we are then challenged to change ourselves.” —Viktor Frankl
No-ting Is the Number One Cause for Your Doing What You Don’t Want to Do
- No-ting is the number one cause of the failure to control compulsions and unwanted urges.
- Read Don’t Read This! to understand no-ting and its impact on your life.
“The strongest addiction is to the hunger to be right about what is interpreted to be wrong.” —Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
Pages to Help You Find & Maintain Recovery
- 4 Main Spiritual Failures
- 5 Levels of Living Life: Assess Yours
- 12 Steps of Anger Reacting
- 12 Steps of Anxiety Reacting
- 12 Steps of Depression
- 12 Steps of Recovery: Rewritten & Simplified
- 12 Steps Stop Shit
- 12 Steps to Keep the Shit Going
- Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): The 12 Steps of
- Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): The 12 Traditions of
- Cause of Addictions
- Choose Higher when Tempted by Lower
- Desire Leads to Compulsion Leads to Addiction
- Do the Good More & Do the Bad Less
- Emotional Responsibility
- Emotionalize New Behaviors & Beliefs
- How to Quit in 5 Steps
- No-ting Thinking Error
- Quotations & Slogans from AA
- Reduce Problems & Stress
- Relapse Prevention: 3 Steps
- SAD: 3 Step Program of Recovery
- Secret of Life
- Serenity Prayer: Help with Acceptance
- Seven Pillars of Recovery
- Stimulation As Motivation
- Temptation: A Strategy to Overcome
- The Four Absolutes: Oxford Group External Link
- Use Negation, Not Destruction
- Yoga Class for Coping, Recovery, Relaxation, & Health
- Yoga Practice Points
- Yoga: What Is It?
Related Pages
- Ego & Pride Issues: List of Pages
- Emotional Responsibility & Maturity: List of Pages
- Feelings & Emotions: List of Pages
- Quotations by Topic: Acceptance
- Quotations by Topic: Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
- Quotations by Topic: Coping Statements
- Responsibility Issues & Suggestions: List of Pages
- Trying to Fail: List of Pages
Links to Self-Help Groups, Treatment Information, & General Information
1) Self-Help Groups for Substance Abuse
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12 Step Programs of all kinds with links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_twelve-step_groups
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Addiction support groups with a psychological focus:
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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)–the spiritual focus:
2) Treatment Information for Substance Abuse
- SAMSHA: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Find substance abuse treatment options and costs in your state.
- Drug & Alcohol Rehab Programs For Senior Citizens
- Buckeye Recovery Network: ecosystem for recovery from drugs & alcohol
A professional recovery program worth considering.
https://buckeyerecoverynetwork.com
3) General Information & More on Substance Abuse
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Is My Teen Using Drugs? A Guide to the Signs of Drug Use in Teens
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National Council for Aging Care
Alcohol Abuse Amongst the Elderly: A Complete Guide
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National Council on Seniors Drug & Alcohol Rehab
Caring for Our Senior Citizens Struggling with Addiction
2 Positive & Helpful Ideas for Coping with an Addiction
“Believe in recovery, redemption, and rehabilitation, especially when the world wants to punish you instead of to help you.” —Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
“Distract yourself for twenty minutes from a compulsion or urge, and you will find that it has lost its power.” —Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
Issues & Skills Menu: 9 Sections (Including this Section #7)
- 1. Anger Issues
- 2. Blame Issues
- 3. Communication Skills
- 4. Coping Skills
- 5. Counseling Issues
- 6. Praying Issues
- 7. Recovery Issues
- 8. Responsibility Issues
- 9. Thinking Skills