Why Relapse is sometimes Vital to Recovery (Pt II)
Why Relapse is not Part of this Recovery! Relapse is Part of Recovery because it helps us see where we are making fatal mistakes in life. The first post in this series of Two was about how I found the world of recovery and treatment. You can read it here. I outlined...
Why the Phrase, “Relapse is part of Recovery” is Dangerous to your Recovery
Relapse is Part of Recovery In recovery, relapse is used frequently. Some schools teach that relapse is part of recovery. This phrase should have never been allowed to leave the lips of the self-help guru’s that coined the phrase. Let me what you what this concept did...
Street Junky: Homeless Alone Hungry and Cold.
Homeless, Alone, Hungry and Cold: Street Junky! I have been focusing much of my time editing the second part of Street Junky, really getting out all of my needless rabble, and marketing. My next few posts, for the month of August, will be about my...
Why Heroin, a Derivative of the Opium Poppy Intrigues and Raises Curiosity and Fear.
The image of the opium poppy always represents peace and tranquility. What is the image you conjure when you hear the word HEROIN? Heroin and morphine come from the opium poppy plant the ( (Papaver somniferum). Images of calm and peaceful sleep fill our heads when we...
How to Defeat Negative Self-Talk and Adhere to Advice of Mentors when Making Decisions. [Pt IV]
Negative self-talk started me down a downward spiral of anxiety and unhappiness about having to work for someone else. This is the last part in my series about being stuck at the crossroads pertaining to my day job and freelance writing career and how negative...
Addicted to Drugs, Sex, or Shopping then READ THIS and Smile.
When we become addicted to anything we give up our power and control, therefore the problem is the obsession. Addicted? So what is your poison? Heroin, Jack Danial's, Sex club's, Swingers bar's, Cocaine, Lord and Taylor, Walmart, 7-Eleven, Wife-swapping...? Do you...
How to come face to face with your Demons Guilt and Shame
Guilt and Shame Dangerous feelings undermining happiness and success. How do we free ourselves from the emotional bondage that guilt, and shame? When I was on the streets using 5 bundles of dope a day, I did what I had to do to make my body feel normal and...
3-steps to remain Aware and in Focus of your Emotional State
Being aware of our emotions is the best way to manage how we feel and to stay in a constant uplifting mood. Our goal is for this process to be automatic. Having to constantly stop doing what I am working and get myself back into a productive state is tiresome....
How to fix the past in your dreams
Dreams.Wake up, you're dreaming? It’s been a bit since I have given myself to you. I have been spread thin. I am tired. Broke and lonely. It has been even longer since I have dreamed. These are not dreams. These are nightmares....... I have had horrible dreams...
How Prison Helped me Learn to Live without Heroin
NYSDOC saved my life or at least allowed me to take a second look dow the road I was traveling. Prison life was inevitable. I spent many years living as a street addict in NY State and this life led me to my experience with Shock Incarceration. I was always a...