mighty9405

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12 step programs

butterfly10954 @butterfly10954 (55) • United States 1 Mar 07

I'd like to discuss people's experience with 12 step programs in helping them stay drug free and lead a better life.

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mighty9405 My experience with 12 step programs is that they lay the foundation for a new way to live. They are not some magical place in which people can just go to and recover. Work has to be done. Many come into the 12 step process looking for relief from whatever...

13 Sep 07

Addiction, Choice or not?

nobodyspecial @nobodyspecial (1011) • United States 15 Apr 07

This question was presented on a forum I formerly was the admin of...all the literature, all the postings, and still people who are not experienced with addiction (either by their own or that of another) question whether anyone...

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mighty9405 I agree with you that addiction itself is not a choice people make...I know I never said, " I wanted to be a junkie when I grow up"But through my actions...as you pointed out eventually my life became consumed by a substance triggered by the addiction within...

13 Sep 07

We all have a cross to bear

Cheekybones @Cheekybones (9) 7 Jun 07

I have heard some people say that we all have a cross to bear, something that we need to feel better, the alcoholic needs a drink, a junkie needs a fix, obese people are addicted to food, and so on. Out of all the people I can...

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mighty9405 I don't necessarily think cross to bear is the right term to use..maybe some people "choose" certain things outside themselves to feel better.With addictions the addicts ore alcoholics may feel as though that their particular addiction may be a cross to bear,...

13 Sep 07