Addiction Is the Only Illness That We Willfully Follow to Our Grave ![]()
When a person gets a deadly diagnosis, and the panic wears off, they usually follow their physician’s treatment recommendations.
Donna MarksAugust 30, 2020
The Recovery Saboteur ![]()
To sabotage is deliberately to undermine or destroy something. A saboteur is a person who sabotages a particular situation or event.
Donna MarksAugust 23, 2020
Every Pink Cloud Has a Thunderstorm Lining ![]()
We’ve often heard every dark cloud has a silver lining. But in recovery, we’re often warned about the pink cloud of new sobriety. The pink cloud can be as dangerous…
Donna MarksAugust 8, 2020
Parents of Addicted Children ![]()
There’s a 12-Step program for just about everything. Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA) has been around for a long time. It was a spin-off of Al-Anon, which evolved from Alcoholics…
Donna MarksJuly 29, 2020
The Sacred Journey of Recovery ![]()
Are you one of the many people in recovery who feels like you’re missing something? You’ve either been sober a long time, and you’re not thrilled about it, or you…
Donna MarksJuly 25, 2020
Addiction — The Root of Most Deadly Illness ![]()
I’ve gotten to the point that I cringe every time I hear the word “anxiety.” I’m conditioned to equate the word will pills.
Donna MarksJuly 5, 2020
The Truth About Addiction and Treatment ![]()
We keep hearing about all of the educational and prevention programs available. Yet, the addiction rate keeps escalating — from tragic teenage overdoses to overdoses of pandemic proportions among all…
Donna MarksJune 24, 2020
Run Away from Addiction and Into the Arms of Recovery ![]()
It’s strange how addiction lures us back into its web again and again, regardless of how many times it knocks us down. We swear we will never do ________ again,…
Donna MarksJune 7, 2020
This Virus is Driving Me Crazy! ![]()
When I had kids living at home, it didn’t take a crisis like the one we’re in now to make me feel crazy. As a single mom in need of…
Donna MarksMay 15, 2020
With So Many People Losing Children to Addiction, Where’s the Manual on How to Be a Mom? ![]()
Every Mother’s Day, I wonder how many of us survived either as kids or moms. Child-rearing is passed down from generation to generation without any written instructions. If the parenting…
Donna MarksMay 10, 2020
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