How Addiction Can Affect Spiritual Development

How Addiction Can Affect Spiritual Development

An assignment that I sometimes have clients complete is a Spiritual Autobiography. It is important to identify critical life incidents that have changed us and certainly the use of alcohol or other drugs have done that. But beyond the use or abuse of substances, there...
Overcoming Addiction: Seeking Permanent Behavioral Change

Overcoming Addiction: Seeking Permanent Behavioral Change

Seeking Permanent Behavioral Change Anyone seeking to overcome an addiction of any kind has probably experienced brief periods of positive change, followed by setbacks or what are often called “relapses.”  The challenge in addiction recovery is the identification and...
How to Survive Stress (Without Drugs and Alcohol)

How to Survive Stress (Without Drugs and Alcohol)

How to Survive Stress The use of alcohol and other drugs is frequently justified by and motivated by the need to de-stress. Most people’s lives have become increasingly stressful as we are bombarded with information, struggle to keep up with inflation, or are asked to...
Unmasking the Truth: How Addiction Fosters Lies

Unmasking the Truth: How Addiction Fosters Lies

Just Tell the Truth In my early recovery, a gentleman in an AA meeting shared, “This program is very simple – stop drinking and stop lying. That’s it!” Over the years, I have found so much wisdom in that simple explanation of what constitutes a program of recovery...