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ARTArticleAddiction and Recovery: The Social and Environmental Triggers WorksheetAssociations between particular feelings, people, places, and events becomes intertwined with the alcoholic or addicts drinking and drugging behavior. When alcoholics and addicts find their way to recovery, the old associations between the drinking and drugging and the old feeling, people, places, and events persist, often triggering cravings to drink or use. When these cues trigger drinking or using memories and perhaps euphoric recall, unless you take action to prevent cravings and possible relapse, you remain extremely vulnerable to losing your recovery.ARTArticleAddiction and Recovery: Understanding The Nature of Addiction to Understand Cross AddictionEarly addiction recovery is a fragile thing. One of the most frequent contributing factors in relapse is something we call "cross-addiction". Essentially what cross-addiction means, is that if you are alcoholic or addicted to other mood altering drugs, you a potentially addicted to all mood altering drugs. To truly understand cross-addiction, you must appreciate the character of addiction and the nature of mood/mind altering drugs. Addiction is a disease. It is frequently described as a primary, chronic, progressive, and relapsing disease.ARTArticleAddiction As Disease Does Not Equal "Get Out of Jail Free"Sometimes family members have a hard time with the idea that addiction is a disease. When this is the case, it often has to do with the issue of responsibility. Sometimes family members believe that "disease" is equated with a "get out of jail free card" or not being held responsible. This is not the case. An addict has responsibility for choosing recovery over choosing to stay in the illness.ARTArticleAddiction Bible ScripturesAlcoholism, drug abuse and eating disorders are often misunderstood. These diseases include a soul-sickness. The people in the grips of these afflictions are spiritually ill, too. The illness can even spread to family members and friends. The recovery process has produced countless untold ...ARTArticleAddiction Recovery Tools: Why You Want to Learn to Forgive in RecoveryAlthough forgiveness is an important part of working through feelings, and thus, a tool of recovery and the healing process, it is an often neglected topic. People often erroneously equate forgiveness with forgetting. The best definition that I ever heard for forgiveness is simply "giving up the need to punish". This definition doesn't say anything about the actual act of punishing, or forgetting--for that matter. It speaks only of letting go of the compulsion, or fantasy of punishing.ARTArticleAddiction Recovery: 12 Do's and Don'ts For the Family While the Alcoholic is in RehabYour significant other finally went to rehab. With all the events leading up to his agreeing to go to treatment, it may feel like a let-down. You may have breathed a big sigh of relief as you drove away from the airport or the treatment center after dropping him or her off. You may feel hope. You may still be waiting for the other shoe to drop.ARTArticleAmazingWhen I go to the gym, I notice all the other people who are in the gym with me. But you might be surprised as to whom I admire most. Naturally, all the hard bodies are pretty to look at. The kids in their twenties are all in wonderful shape. But they are not who I admire. I admire the person ...ARTArticleAnatomy of an Addictive Behavior: Not For Men OnlyThis article attempts to make sense of our vulnerabilities to developing abusive or to use a more popular term; addictive relationships to activities of daily living. I will review the outstanding features of those of us caught up in addictive relationships. Then, I will highlight some ...ARTArticleAnimal Totems and SymbolismMany people have asked about the various animals that appear on my website, wondering if they have special meaning. Yes, I chose each animal specifically to represent the sentiment of each web page. If you haven't seen my website here is the link; www.of2minds,.com I often refer to these as my ...ARTArticleAre You Suffering from Someone Else's Sexual Addiction? - Part 4Are you angry, depressed, confused, and constantly trying to figure out what your spouse is up to? If you are spinning your wheels, trying to strategize and find solutions for your spouse and your relationship before you have actually identified the problem, keep reading. Family members can suffer from the sexual addiction of spouses, and spend countless hours trying to solve the problem before they really know what they are dealing with. If you are suffering negative consequences of someone else's sexual behavior, you might be in a relationship with a sex addict.ARTArticleAre You Trying to Do It On Your Own?"We need each other to Fly!" "I can do it on my own". Is that a phrase that runs through your mind? This very phrase can be keeping you very stuck in your life. n When we are attempting to make positive changes in our life--desiring to move into our full potential--we can get stuck in ...ARTArticleAustralians have winning ways‘You don’t have to play sport to be an Australian, but you do have to have a sense of humour” says author Pete Crofts in his book How to use Humour in Business and Life. As an Australian I know they have many “winning ways” and I believe this is strongly linked to their good humoured view of the world. Is there a formula they and others use to aid their success ? Four of the so called “formulas for good humour” include exaggeration, understatement, saying the opposite, and unexpected punch lines.ARTArticleBeginners Guide to Meditation for Stress ReliefMeditation serves as both preventive and curative measures for stress, but beginners find it especially difficult to get it right. Due to the lack of a calm mind and unwavering focus, 80% people quit meditating within the first week itself. To simplify the process of meditation, here is a step-by-step guide to help you get the basic right.ARTArticleBelief Systems. A belief system provides a core set of values on which we base everything we do, say, or believe in life. Everybody interprets life’s events differently. What’s traumatic to one person doesn’t necessarily traumatize others. Regardless, belief systems can be empowering or disabling. They can be built on optimism or pessimism. Our beliefs determine what we think, and what actions we are capable of, or incapable of. What our parents taught us as children, a traumatic event, or a breach of trust, can sometimes influence our belief system.ARTArticleBone-Healthy Muffin RecipeINGREDIENTSnn· 2½ cups whole-wheat pastry flour or gluten-free baking flour from garbanzo beansn· ½ cup wheat brann· ½ cup whey protein powdern· ¼ cup ground flaxseedsn· 1 teaspoon baking sodan· ¼ teaspoon baking powdern· 2 teaspoons cinnamonn· ½ teaspoon nutmegn· 3 eggsn· 1 cup xylitoln· ¾ cup ...ARTArticleBoundaries and healing the selfHave you ever felt you were giving too much to others? taking on their problems or allowing them to dump their problems on you? Is it hard for you to say no or tell another person how you are feeling without guilt or shame? These may be signs that your boundaries are fuzzy and could benefit from being worked on. So what are boundaries and how do they help us? How do we start to say no without being afraid of rejection or anger?ARTArticleBreakups and Divorce from the Perspective of Family ConstellationsHappiness has a very short attention span, it forgets what came before. Unhappiness, on the other hand, has a very long memory. Bert Hellinger “Sexual relations create a deep and binding bond. When a man takes a woman as his woman; and a woman takes a man as her man, sexual consummation creates a deep, unbreakable tie that affects the soul. This tie is stronger than that of parent and child and makes it hard to leave the relationship without feeling guilty.” Break-ups hurt; love pain is one of the worst pains we will ever feel.ARTArticleBut I Just Need Some Closure!The grief you cry out from draws you toward union. Your pure sadness that wants help is the secret cup. Rumi One of the hardest things for someone going through a breakup is fighting those relentless urges to contact the ex. "I just need some closure. I need some answers; I want to know 'why'. I need to understand. I just want to explain to them, plead with them, and show them how sorry I am. I want him to know I’m willing to do anything to change. I want her back. How could he do this to me?ARTArticleCare for Your BodyYour body and mind are the instruments with which you will effectively create and also enjoy all that you need to be happy. If your body becomes weak or ill, you will not be able to effectively and dynamically manifest the abundance and happiness that you desire. A weak or ill body will become an obstacle to your creative power. Here are some simple steps to creating a healthy body. 1. Fresh Food - Eat as naturally as possible. Make sure you have plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet and if possible, organic without pesticides, hormones or other chemicals.ARTArticleChemotherapy Survival Guide: Dealing with NauseaHere are some suggestions to help you get through your chemotherapy treatment. By preventing nausea you can be comfortable, stay well nourished, and feel better sooner. BEFORE TREATMENT It’s not necessary to have an empty stomach before getting chemotherapy. Staying well nourished and well ...ARTArticleChemotherapy Survival Guide: Getting Your Questions AnsweredWhen you’re first diagnosed, you may not even know what questions to ask. And the answer to one question often leads to many more questions about things you may not have considered before. It’s hard to take in a lot of new information when you feel anxious. It’s normal to need information to be ...ARTArticleChemotherapy Survival Guide: Questions to Ask About Your Treatment PlanDECIDING ON THE TREATMENT PLAN During your next visit, your doctor may recommend chemotherapy alone or in combination with radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy, or surgery. Your doctor will explain treatment options and why a certain one is recommended. Your doctor may be able ...ARTArticleChronic Pain SolutionsChronic pain. If you have been lucky enough to never experience this, you have no idea how wearing it is. Chronic pain can change your personality. It can damage your relationships. It can even make you suicidal. Pain management has improved over the last ten years. The drugs have gotten better. Other treatment options, like biofeedback, have begun to really help. Studies have shown that acupuncture can have a tremendous impact of the pain level. As I have studied chronic pain, I realized that pain ca be stored as emotions. Emotions can be stored as pain.ARTArticleCoaching the Best Out of Yourself and OthersDo you know the self-development you need in order to reach your goals? Do you have an ambition that you’ve not fully initiated? Perhaps you’d like to stop a bad habit, build a new skill, or simply improve your performance. Or perhaps you would like to help someone else achieve their ambition. Where do you start and what should you do? The first step is making the choice to improve yourself. Or more accurately, to get out of your comfort zone and develop.ARTArticleCodependency: Don’t Dance! (revised)Codependency: Don’t Dance! Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed., LCPC, CADC www.HumanMagnetSyndrome.com www.RossRosenbergTherapy.com Codependency: Don’t Dance!ARTArticleCommumication In Recovery: Guidelines for Setting the Stage for Effective Talks with Your Loved OnesWhen you want to solve some important relationship or logistics issue, you help assist help ensure your effectiveness by appropriately setting the stage for communication. Remember these guidelines while trying to solve a problem in your relationship. 1. Think about what you want to say ...ARTArticleCommunication in Recovery - Ten Steps to Fair FightingUse the following ten steps to replace old, ineffective arguments with an effective fair fighting session: 1. Fight to resolve an issue or solve a problem. 2. Identify the problem to be solved. 3. Take turns stating your case, using I messages. 4. Practice active listening. 5. Generate ...ARTArticleCross Addiction and Relapse - Examples and RelationshipsCross addiction is one of the leading causes of relapse in early recovery. Cross-addiction involves being addicted to all mood altering drugs. The following are illustrations of cross addiction. 1. Some people become cross-addicted in their efforts to camouflage their addiction. Alcoholics may change to a different drug of choice to hide the smell, or the impairment of fine motor skills. 2. Cross addiction can occur in the process of withdrawal mediation. This is where you use a different drug to avoid or reduce the symptoms of withdrawal. 3.ARTArticleCultivate Positive Thoughts and FeelingsYou need a peaceful, clear and positive mind in order manifest your needs for your self, your family and perhaps even for society and the world. Our emotions have a direct effect on our bodies. Every time we feel an emotion, our endocrine system excretes certain hormones or peptides that flow throughout our blood stream to all of our cells, filling them with the “hormones of that emotion”. The hormonal state created by negative emotions creates an imbalance in our nervous, endocrine and immune system, which in turn creates an imbalance in all other systems.ARTArticleDating and GriefDating and Griefr By Sandy Clendenen About a year after my husband died I began feeling extremely restless. Grief kept my mind skittering from one thing to another. Although these restless feelings were confusing, they were at least a bit of a relief from the heaviness of grief’s deep sadness and depression. Somehow, from this agitated state of displaced energy, I decided to try internet dating. It took me awhile to figure out the mechanics, since I knew very little about computers at that time.

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