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…
Clearing Away the Confusion
Clearing Away the Confusion Widening the Lens on the Opioid Crisis With more than 70,200 deaths occurring in 2017, the public health crisis of fatal drug overdoses is headline news and shows no signs of abating (National Institute on Drug…
Drug Abuse & Addiction by NIDA
Drug Abuse & Addiction Source: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) website (http://www.nida.nih.gov/) Cocaine & Crack Methamphetamine Pain Medications & Other Prescription Drugs Stimulants MDMA (Ecstasy) How quickly a potential drug addict does become addicted to a drug depends...