Honesty & Courage – What are Your Core Values?
What do you believe in – truly, truly believe in? When someone asked me I didn’t know how to answer. I didn’t know how to answer because I have never slowed down and thought about it. I have historically always been worried about who other people wanted me to be. I had many things I …
Three Ways to Utilize Therapy in Recovery
Be open-minded and honest A clinician is not able to assist you if you are not completely honest with your thoughts and feelings in the clinical setting. In my addictive addiction, I had very little concept of honesty because of the delusions I lived in regarding my drinking and using. I was not willing to …
Trauma Recovery & The 12-Steps: My Experience
I had self-diagnosed myself as an alcoholic and been exposed to 12-step recovery programs from a young age. My family began attending Alanon, with me as their qualifier, when I was 17. I had been in 12-step communities regarding my addiction prior to that. I always knew sobriety was on the horizon, just a few …