Addiction and Grief
Grief encompasses a person’s response to loss. Usually grief is thought of as a response to death, but people also grieve the loss of possessions, hopes that never materialized, or pretty much anything else that is lost – including an addictive behavior. Grief can...
Letting Go
Improvement often means letting go of old assumptions and thoughts. A person in the midst of their addiction may cling tightly to ineffective and dysfunctional beliefs about themselves and their use. Despite continued negative results and poor outcomes,...
Process Addiction/Behavioral Addiction
Process addiction or behavioral addiction is similar to drug addiction except the individual is not addicted to a substance but a behavior or feeling brought about by a specific action. Process addiction is a compulsion to continue with a particular behavior...
Agreeing with the Critic
When a person is in their active addiction they often find blunt and tactless ways of sustaining their use. Defensiveness can be a significant problem in early recovery as a person is still accustomed to protecting and maintaining their habit. Many residents at the...
Triggers
One topic that we address consistently is how to manage triggers. I also see many of the AToN principles incorporated into the following steps. I hope this can help someone in a pinch! How to Deal with Triggers: Stop, breathe, calm yourself. Think...Video Tour
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