One of the feelings we try to hide from in our addiction is shame. If our shame comes to the surface, we can double down our substance use to try to escape it. When we are looking to get help with our addiction, shame often...
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How Our Lies Impact Our Recovery Honesty is the antithesis of addiction. As we use substances, it may be difficult for us to identify the truth. Addiction rarely exists without lies, and lies help keep us in our addiction, creating a destructive cycle of dishonesty and substance...
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Life can be chaotic even without substance use, let’s just be honest about it. When we add substance abuse, as well as the reasons that we drink or do drugs, our lives can just feel like a disaster inside and out, despite our best attempts...
Read MoreSubstance use can damage us in ways we never anticipated. On the surface, there are behaviors we exhibit and the mistakes we make cost us our finances, jobs, and relationships. We feel the changes in our bodies and our minds. The most significant damage, however,...
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When it comes to seeking treatment for substance use disorder, we are often at our lowest mentally and physically. We may have made some big mistakes, and likely lack control of our lives. We can feel anything from downhearted to broken to completely worthless. Yet...
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We all have times when our words or actions hurt others, or we have broken someone’s trust. Unfortunately, when we use substances, our mistakes are often repeated, and sometimes on a larger scale. Or maybe we did something embarrassing that we wish we could undo....
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At AToN Center, one of our goals is to teach our residents tools that they can continue to use after they have discharged. By the time our residents discharge, they have learned cognitive behavioral therapy, relapse prevention skills and assertiveness techniques. They have also been exposed...
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When leaving treatment here at AToN Center we think of it as building a plan to protect your investment, your life. We begin planning for departure early on and think of all of the areas of life that need attention. We look at the living situation,...
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February, 2016. I’m in a bus in the jungles of Mexico on my way to Mayan ruins in Bonampak. I’m sitting next to a delightful woman who has lived an adventurous exciting life. She has been scuba diving in the Galapagos Islands and other exotic...
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In a relationship affected by substance use, trust is one of the largest casualties. Loved ones often go through significant worry and anxiety while an addicted person is using. Not only that, but they have often been lied to, concealed from, or even had their...
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