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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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New Paraplegics happier than New Millionaires, and Here’s the reason

Addicts need to understand the serenity prayer BC of twist in our personalities. The Serenity Prayer says “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” I heard a researcher who studies the brain and the power…
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How could you get high at a time like this?

Don’t be offended that your brother, for example, got high before your mother’s funeral, I told someone. Don’t take it personally. Let me explain why it’s not about you or even him. But a peer greater than everyone. Asking someone how they could use drugs at such a tragic time is like saying: how could…
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In Hawaii go to rehab, volunteer for welfare

Just bc they take food stamps doesn’t make them cheapDrug Treatment Centers You’ve hear the expression, just bc you can buy it at Walmart doesn’t make it cheap. Same goes for rehab, or treatment, as they call it here. Addiction very often involves taking a metaphorical flame thrower to your finances, so many addicts have…
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Addicts are Predictable and Infuriating

Doing the Same unwise thing, getting the same expected bad results. Another form of insanity afflicting those who deal with addicts. We had torrential rain and wind in Honolulu this January 2020. I remembered what it was like to be homeless in the rain and I invited an associate ( not a friend) to spend…
