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Rewired: A Bold New Approach To Addiction and Recovery
Rewired: A Bold New Approach To Addiction and Recovery
(by Erica Spiegelman, 2015).
Rewired is a new, breakthrough approach to fighting addiction and self-damaging behavior by...
Healthy Co-Addictions as a Treatment Tool
While all addictions may share the same root cause, they manifest differently from person-to-person. Some are addicted to alcohol, others to gambling, some to...
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How We Need to Look at the Results of Carrie Fisher’s Autopsy
After nearly six months, the answer is in: when Carrie Fisher—the iconic actress and author—died, she was high. To be specific, an autopsy revealed...
Sorry, AA; Alcoholics Aren’t Spiritually Diseased
WELCOME TO OUR NEW COLUMN, "TACKLING 12-STEP," WHERE EVERY WEEK A WRITER WILL SHARE AN OPINION ON 12-STEP AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK, ANOTHER WILL...
Has Alcoholics Anonymous Declared Itself a Religion?
By Vic Losick
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS IS OUR READER SUBMITTED CONTENT SECTION
These stories aren't written by In Recovery staff writers. They are unassigned stories that...
Overcoming The Grip of Resentment
Resentment is an emotional cancer. It forms deep inside and eats you alive. Resentment typically stems from frustration over being slighted and consumes you...
The Newcomer
So, I’m standing outside a Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting I’ve never been to before, smoking a cigarette and checking the time on my phone....
Recent Advances in Opioid Deterrence
The science of pain is intriguing. It wasn’t all that long ago that a shot of whiskey was the pain reliever of choice. Modern...
Meet the Latest Real Housewives Trainwreck: Tinsley Mortimer
My name is Becky and I’m a Bravoholic. This means I keep watching every Real Housewives show even after it stops giving me that...
Becoming Right-Sized
In his book, For God’s Sake, Alan Budge wrote, “Recovery isn’t about stopping drinking (or stopping whatever). It’s about investigating the ways of the ego,...