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Holidays for addicts
Holidays for addicts are like every other day and that those of us with addictions have to satisfy those addictions. Especially if those addictions are opiate-based, because we’re going to be physically sick, and very sick too if we don’t do what we have to do to get what the body needs. Of course there…
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The myth of the necessity if hitting bottom, part 2
There was a time when one looked at such activities like prostitution as horrific and lower than imaginable. Certainly these topics were issued in society but not personally relevant. It may not have been long ago, but they are far far out of mind. That is why I say there is no such thing as…
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Addiction–always the same price, always a different price
Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car). Addictions will take all of your money. Addiction works differently than hunger for food. You’re never full. The more you do the more you want to do, the more your brain tells you you need to do. Addiction is a marketers…
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“Birth Mother Found, Issues Addresses” is what I am Reading
What book are you reading right now? A surprise about the book I am Reading A famous author is reported to have said something like, if there is a book you want to read that has not been written, you must write it. With this advice in mind, I began writing, and therefore, obviously, reading,…
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How Addiction Betrays our Brains
Before we start using, we understand “enough” Addiction sneaks up on us. By the time we begin to recognize that we are putting whatever it is that we must have before everyone and everything else, the people around us have been tired of the situation for quite some time. But how can something take possession…
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Addiction is Routine on double stetoids
What part of your routine do you always try to skip if you can? A hallmark of addiction is, it is the first thing you think about when you wake up and it is the first action you take. There are people who only go to sleep if they have a little bit of their…
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How addiction gets started
Peggy was a white woman in her early 30’s with naturally blond hair, long legs, and a bit of a stubborn belly that was her only evidence of motherhood. Those four children had not seen her in a long while. The pain of the separation was too deep to think about “dealing with it.” Like…
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To Live and Die on Fentanyl
A Day in the Life of…Peggy All we ever hear about fentanyl is overdose, overdose, overdose. What does the path to the end look like? This series will feature various addicts that people can get to know, and maybe, understand. A Fentanyl Fact Before our Story Here in Honolulu drugs have nicknames. Fentanyl is called…
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