Freedom Is Your Most Valuable Possession – Stay Clean From Drugs To Protect Your Freedom
Freedom is one of our most valuable possessions. Yet, we take it for granted. We don't appreciate the value of freedom until we lose it. To have freedom is to…
A Man Does Ask For Help. You Won’t Believe What Happens Next…
Ask For Help Ask for help if you need help. Simon is a 35 year old man with two young children. His children don't know that anything is wrong with…
Clean Time Is Your Super Power
The following text is a work of fiction in the genre of Addiction Science Fiction. Some people struggling with dependence and addiction to opioids may relate to some of the…
One Year Clean
What happens when you get past one year clean? One year clean is hard to imagine. That is, when you get through your first day clean. An entire twenty-four hours…
Hang up the phone on Dr. Leeds?
Did you just hang up on me? Hang up the phone on Dr. Leeds? Don’t worry, I’m not upset. I get it all the time. My name is Mark Leeds,…
Black Sheep and Drug Addiction
Black Sheep a disfavored or disreputable member of a group - Merriam-Webster This article is written for the hard working, high performing black sheep of the world. Particularly those of…
Re-engaging with Life and Choosing to Change
Part 5 – Re-engaging with Life and Choosing to Change In 1997, I had the honor of being one of the speakers at a Fellowship convention in Cincinnati. One of…
Always Be Clean, Always Be Conscious
ABC To the using addict, the ABCs of life are: Always Be Cool. To the newcomer in recovery, the ABCs are: Always Be Clean. But to the addict in long-term…
Solutions For Recovery From Addiction
Solutions There was a guy who used to come to my home group about 25 years ago, who would always introduce himself as a “hard-headed addict.” We would all laugh…
The problems of getting and staying clean
This is a blog post from our guest author David H., Cutler Bay, FL. If you are interested in the Narcotics Anonymous 12-step program, and how it can help people…