addiction | Dr. Donna Marks

Boredom is Just Another Word for Everything to Lose

Are you the type of person who struggles to achieve a particular goal and can’t seem to get there? If so, you are like many people (myself included) who didn’t understand why all our efforts propelled rather than attracted our…

Dr Donna MarksApril 17, 2021

Addiction Blog Mindset Recovery

Do You Get “Triggered” to Relapse?

People in recovery learn how to recognize when they are “triggered” to relapse. An event over which they have no control causes the person to feel emotionally flooded, and the first thing that comes to mind is to self-medicate those…

Dr Donna MarksMarch 21, 2021

Blog Mental Health Psychology

Do You Think You’re Allergic to Your Feelings?

Some people act as though they are allergic to their feelings. They avoid their emotions at all costs and will do anything to block, blunt, medicate, or stuff them.

Dr Donna MarksMarch 13, 2021

Addiction Blog Therapy

Filling-up Versus Covering-up The Hole Of Addiction

People who have decided to face their addiction have made a courageous attempt to reclaim their lives and cease self-destructive behavior. But stopping a single behavior does not usually end the disease of addiction.

Dr Donna MarksFebruary 12, 2021

Addiction Blog

Caring vs. Co-Dependency

I recently read a book in which the author claims there no such thing as co-dependency.

Dr Donna MarksJanuary 10, 2021

Blog Recovery Sober Living

Wear Your Recovery Like a Badge of Honor

About a year ago, I attended a publicity summit in New York. Hundreds of authors gathered to meet influential people in the press; morning talk shows, news, radio, and podcasts. It was an exciting but nerve-racking experience.

Dr Donna MarksJanuary 4, 2021

Blog Mental Health Mindset

Be the Love That You Want

When we reminisce, most of us don’t recall stuff so much as we relive emotional experiences.

Dr Donna MarksDecember 27, 2020

Blog Mental Health Mindset

Gifts That Will Be Remembered

When we reminisce, most of us don’t recall stuff so much as we relive emotional experiences.

Dr Donna MarksDecember 22, 2020

Blog Mental Health Mindset

You Are Not Alone

Several times in my life, I suffered through the holidays. One Christmas, after a last-minute change of plans, I found myself feeling abandoned and alone in an empty house.

Dr Donna MarksDecember 13, 2020

Blog Mental Health Mindset

Clues to Replace the Holiday Blues

The 2020 holidays will go down in history as one of the most memorable. Shutdowns, limited gatherings, and online shopping replaced endless meanderings, big parties, and shop-til-you-drop.

Dr Donna MarksDecember 5, 2020

addiction | Dr. Donna Marks

Boredom is Just Another Word for Everything to Lose

Do You Get “Triggered” to Relapse?

Do You Think You’re Allergic to Your Feelings?

Filling-up Versus Covering-up The Hole Of Addiction

Caring vs. Co-Dependency

Wear Your Recovery Like a Badge of Honor

Be the Love That You Want

Gifts That Will Be Remembered

You Are Not Alone

Clues to Replace the Holiday Blues

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