Category Archives: Maintaining recovery without interruption

Benign versus harmful neglect

In an age where people tend to rush about trying to perform everything as quickly as possible, there is precious little time given to reflecting on a situation prior to taking action.  Even pausing long enough to consider pros and cons … Continue reading

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Untaxed Marketable Assets

Protecting and developing your most marketable assets is a priority for most people these days.  When most individuals ponder the things they possess that are of greatest value, many inspect their wallet, bank statement or 401k.  Some may look to … Continue reading

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Holiday Rushing, But To Where?

The holiday season always seems even more time-pressured than all the other times of the year.  Be it shopping for the “perfect” gifts, planning more extravagant meals, baking holiday goodies, or visiting friends and relatives, calendars are bursting forth, more … Continue reading

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Subtle Holiday Aromas Can Provoke An Unwanted Response

One December day twenty-two years ago, I found myself in a local garden center, shopping for Christmas tree lights.  You know the kind; the ones which emit that soft glow, and highlight the glisten of ornaments and the glint of … Continue reading

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Evaluating Your Recovery Capitol

No matter what your past was comprised of yesterday or a few years back, there are an infinite number of opportunities available to you every day to break away from what is not in your best interests.  Whether you are … Continue reading

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Gotta Believe

One of my favorite movies is the original version of the movie “Miracle on 34thStreet.”  The most captivating scene for me was the one where Natalie Woods was chewing her bubble gum after she taught Santa how to blow a … Continue reading

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Contingency Planning Boosts the Odds of Uninterrupted Recovery

When a tsunami struck an island several months back, a comparison was portrayed of two villages with distinctly different outcomes: one which sustained no fatalities and the other which was totally wiped out.  The lack of casualties in the one … Continue reading

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Getting the most for your efforts on Labor Day

A Nurse Expert on Addiction Recovery It is not possible to be alive without making some effort of some sort.  After all, we can’t live without breathing, and eating and doing all sorts of things which really do require some … Continue reading

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Monitoring programs enhance recovery outcomes

A Nurse Expert on Addiction Recovery Monitoring programs which set stringent requirements for licensed professionals who have demonstrated substance abuse has a long track record of documented success.  For decades, these tightly structured programs have monitored professionals practicing medicine, law, … Continue reading

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False positive toxicology screens

A Nurse Expert on Addiction Recovery In the mid 1980s, a patient in the detox unit where I worked said that he had not re-initiated drug-use in spite of the fact that a toxicology test was reported as positive.  He … Continue reading

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