Substance abuse harms the body in two ways: The substance itself affects the body It causes negative lifestyle changes, such as irregular eating and poor diet For example, infants who were exposed to alcohol while in the womb often have physical and mental problems. The alcohol affects the growing baby by crossing the placenta. After…
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Practical Steps to Practicing Gratitude
Practical Steps to Practicing Gratitude 1. Start a gratitude journal. Depending on which author you read, suggestions range from 5 – 80 things a day. What works for me is saying ‘thank you’ to everything I encounter each day, for example a sunrise/sunset, hoar frost on the trees (especially when the sun is shining), food,…
Character defects (appropriate to recovery)
ANGER, HATRED & ANXIETY Not as a clinical diagnosis, but as a general way of viewing things with an eye toward what is wrong, what might be wrong, what has been wrong or what is going to be wrong. Excessive worry, especially about things I cannot change. ARROGANCE Offensive display of superiority or self-importance; overbearing…
Quote about focusing on my own recovery
I don’t need to concern myself with other people’s faults; I have all the detective work I can handle to ferret out my OWN.
Prayer of St Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace. Where there is hate, may I bring love; Where offence, may I bring pardon; May I bring union in place of discord; Truth, replacing error; Faith, where once there was doubt; Hope, for despair; Light, where there was darkness; Joy to replace sadness. Make me not to…
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