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Tag: Addiction

Introspection 201 – Stages of Change
Addiction / Mental Illness

Introspection 201 – Stages of Change

Some 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…

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  • April 2, 2019
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  • 9 min
  • 4 years
Tagged Action, Addiction, Contemplation, Five Stages of Change, Maintenance
Failure v. Success
Addiction / Mental Illness

Failure v. Success

Let 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…

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  • February 19, 2019
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  • 10 min
  • 4 years
Tagged Addiction, failure, mental illness, self hate, self image
Quitting Smoking
Addiction

Quitting Smoking

I 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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  • January 26, 2019
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  • 11 min
  • 4 years
Tagged Addiction, E-cigarette, Quitting Smoking, Smoking

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