To sabotage is deliberately to undermine or destroy something. A saboteur is a person who sabotages a particular situation or event.
Dr Donna MarksAugust 23, 2020
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 as a dark thundering cloud.
Dr Donna MarksAugust 8, 2020
Over the past couple of decades, I’ve witnessed many leaders in the mental health field who are not willing to face their own fears and dependencies.
Dr Donna MarksAugust 2, 2020
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 don’t like the way sobriety feels?
Dr Donna MarksJuly 25, 2020
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.
Dr Donna MarksJune 26, 2020
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 age groups.
Dr Donna MarksJune 24, 2020
During several decades as a psychotherapist and an instructor of A Course in Miracles I’ve watched spiritual concepts get twisted into absurdity. Phrases such as “I’m not responsible for your feelings,” “Peace comes from not taking anything personally,” “Rise Above,” and the…
Dr Donna MarksJune 17, 2020
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, and then as if under some type of hypnotic trance,…
Dr Donna MarksJune 7, 2020
Something that might start as fun can become addictive over time and turn into a one-way trip to hell. Sometimes slow, sometimes fast, the addiction will always kidnap the mind’s ability to manage the drug of choice. A drug of…
Dr Donna MarksMay 31, 2020
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