You think you're cured so you can have just one?

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Beware of self-lying

If I am toying with the idea of using, I am toying with the idea of trying to control...


You can't change a pickle back to a cucumber

Once you can't safely pick up the first drink, drug, cigarette, etc., you can't ever...


This is a disease of MORE

"This is a disease of 'MORE.'" One is not going to satisfy the craving or take...


Recovery is a three legged stool

"Recovery is a three legged stool: principles, fellowship, and Higher Power. If one...


Reach Out. Even when things are good

It is often said that the most dangerous time for an addict is not during detox (or...


One is too many and a thousand is not enough

How many times have you said that you would have just one or two and end up doing...


Non-addicts change their behavior to meet their goals; addicts change their goals to meet their behavior.

If you pick up the first drink or if you give up on working the steps, you are going...


My disease speaks to me in my own voice

Listen to what you are thinking. Is that your addict voice or is that your recovery...


My disease is in the parking lot doing push ups

The nature of the disease of addiction is that it gets stronger even when you are...


It's not the caboose that kills you, it's the engine that kills you.

Don't pick up the first drink, drug or other addictive behavior. The first one causes...