Core recovery
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An Introverts Guide to Processing their Emotions in Addiction Recovery
Introverts have a unique challenge in addiction recovery: they don’t get the benefit of daily AA and NA meetings. Those daily meetings serve multiple purposes, but one of them is that the person who is sharing with the group is able to talk about their experience, strength, and hope–which is going to involve their emotions…
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Are Introverts Able to Stay Sober if they don’t go to Meetings?
When I was still struggling with addiction and alcoholism, I went to see a therapist. I can remember telling the therapist that I was completely against going to meetings, that I did not feel comfortable sharing at meetings, and I just could not see myself ever working that kind of recovery program. The therapist told me…
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How Introverts can Create a Sanctuary in Addiction Recovery
When I first got clean and sober I was unfortunately pushed towards meetings and a social solution. It would take me at least a few months to a year before I would be comfortable in finding an alternative to this. And it took me even longer than that to understand some of the finer nuances of…
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Should you Force Yourself to go to AA Meetings?
If you are an addict or an alcoholic in recovery, should you force yourself to go to meetings? My wildly unpopular opinion is that you do not have to. This entire website is essentially the alternative solution to daily AA/NA meetings, a way out of the eternal grind. But let’s take a look at why…