I was in a conversation with a man at church today and found myself saying to him “I knew you were one of us”. This got me thinking. Who is “One of us”? Is it a good or a bad thing to be one of us. I hope I didn’t just insult him…
Read MoreSome time ago, I was taught how to evaluate someone’s recovery in terms of “Stages of change”. I found the information extremely useful to my own life…
Read MoreLet me tell you about a couple people I know. I’ll try to keep the details of the first one a bit vague because sad to say, his story isn’t a good one. But I want to compare his story to another to show how he might have fared better. I’ll call this one Sandy…
Read MoreI picked up smoking regularly back in 2008. I don’t remember exactly when my first smoke was but I remember what it was. I was offered a cigar. I remember saying that I would never smoke…
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