Neuroscience Reveals: Gratitude Rewires Your Brain to be Happier
Attitude of Gratitude We’ve all been in the meetings when someone gives the topic of “GRATITUDE” and most usually cringe or make trite comments? Why is that, especially for those in recovery whose lives, relationships, finances, legal problems careers, spirituality…
Unmanageability: A.A.’s Greatest Contribution to Addiction Treatment
Step One: Unmanagability We thought we share this important article on the second half of Step One. Often overlooked as we admit we are powerless, however, most individuals who are not “badly mangled” or at their “bottom” who do not…
Doctors Opinion on Alcoholism & Addiction, Psychic Change
Doctors Opinion on Alcoholism & Addiction Video Series: "As Larry Sees It: Larry shares with men in Goforth Recovery from the Dr Silkworth's Doctor's Opinion on psychic change Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect produced by...
7 Common Questions about Twelve Step Recovery Programs
How it works, why it works and who can benefit Admitting powerlessness. Humbly accepting your shortcomings. Understanding the exact nature of your wrongs. Removing defects of character. Making direct amends. Taking a fearless moral inventory. Improving your conscious contact. Experiencing…
Step Four: Twelve Steps & Twelve Principles
Step Four: Twelve Steps & Twelve Principles Video Series: "As Larry Sees It: Larry shares with men in Goforth Recovery on Step Four, Humility & Character Defects Humility "Another great dividend we may expect from confiding our defects to another...
Sanctified:The Tony Hoffman Story
Be careful what you THINK Because your thoughts become your WORDS Be careful what you say because Your words become your ACTIONS Be careful what you do because Your actions become your HABITS Be careful what you make a habit...
Why Relapse Isn’t a Sign of Failure
Addiction relapse is akin to relapse for other chronic diseases. If you have ever tried to quit your addiction invariably at some point, you experienced relapse. The statistics on relapse are cloudy due to the definition of slip or relapse…
Step Twelve: Spiritual Awakening
Step Twelve: Spiritual Awakening Video Series: "As Larry Sees It" Larry shares with men in Goforth Recovery from on Step 12 in the Twelve Steps & Twelve Principles. Step Twelve: “Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these...
My Years in the Florida Shuffle of Drug Addiction
Cycling through relapse and recovery, and the industry that enables both. By Colton Wooten Illustration by Brian Stauffer October 14, 2019 For treatment centers, addiction can be turned into a constant flow of revenue. In February, 2017, I stepped off a…