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TWO PATHS: There are two paths of choice given to each soul. Good or evil, blessings or curse, life abundant or life just barely making it. Fulfillment or insatiable addictions. The ancient call from Moses in Mt. Sinai's desert lands squarely in our face in modern times: I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life , that both thou and thy seed may live:  Deuteronomy 30:18-20 Potential... Read Full Story

Chapter Seven & Eight available now!  Click on the page tab called Lovin' an Addict, you can read these chapters and the entire story! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   FOLLOW:  ADDICTSHUNS | addictions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Subscribe in a reader ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://feeds.feedburner.com/AddictshunsAddiction Read Full Story

BACK FROM UPAID SABBATICAL It's been too long since writing here. Addictshuns is not forgotten! Last night I watched a movie called Shrink. Here's the Netflix synopsis: In the wake of personal tragedy, Hollywood's psychiatrist to the stars (Kevin Spacey) devolves into a slovenly pothead and worries he's become incapable of helping his patients in a sharp indie drama from the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. My interest in both addiction and psychology the core reason for this movie... Read Full Story

20 Secret Signs of Addiction ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOLLOW BLOG: ADDICTSHUN | addictions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subscribe in a reader ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://feeds.feedburner.com/AddictshunsAddiction Read Full Story

ADMISSION I am not an addict. I never pretended to be an addict nor do I profess to know what it’s like to be a drunk or drug addict.   I am not expert by any means on the topic of addiction. I only lived with addicts all my life.   For a very short season, I experimented with alcohol, drugs losing myself there, until it bit me like snake recoiled in wrath. My mother dragged me to a Christian Retreat for one week at age 17 and I was rescued from life long substance abuse by the new birth... Read Full Story

STEP ONE REVIEW: 12 Steps - Step One Make it Personal 12 Steps - STEP ONE: Reveal the Secrets     12 Steps - Step One: We admitted we were powerless... RECOMMENDED POSTS THOUGHTS: Sobriety and Fruit Forgiveness equals healing    StepChat.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   FOLLOW BLOG:  ADDICTSHUN | addictions  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Subscribe in a reader ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://feeds.feedburner.com... Read Full Story

STEP 2 -  Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity READY FOR STEP TWO? If you truly worked through step One then its time to move to the next step. The 12 Steps aren't just leaving the first one and onto the next. I view it more as sequence or an orderly method of gaining stability and normalcy. I will always need to refer to the previous steps in order to understand the others. The naturally progression to step two is a belief in a Power greater... Read Full Story

Nice find today on the Yahoo News site! It is indeed a "rare glimpse" into this historic book, "with 27 million copies of the so-called Big Book in more than 50 languages have been sold."  It is fitting to find this while writing my Step One, final post before moving on to Octobers Step Two arriving later on today. I want to highlight a few sections of the article: "Some of the edits made it into print, especially in early chapters for fragile readers. Many others were rejected as the still... Read Full Story

Step 1  -  We admitted we were powerless over our addiction - that our lives had become unmanageable In thinking about the first step I realize it is simply to "give up" when all else fails. By that I mean not giving in to the problem, but truly, deep down admitting we are stuck and need help getting out from under being stuck. This is not only for those seeking recovery from addiction it is for those who seek recovery in life from crisis, trouble, and overwhelming circumstances. Take... Read Full Story

That's right, 23.1 Million People Need Treatment for substance abuse disorder in just the United States. VOICES FOR RECOVERY sent me a Recovery Kit with the most amazing resource materials. I wanted to share one of the most astonishing papers on Commonly misused substances. Interesting enough the average age of abuse is 35-44 with under 30's being the highest rate of misuse. According to US Department of Health Services, In 2008 there were an estimated 4.4 million emergency rooms visits... Read Full Story