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The hardest part of stopping any addiction is stopping. The easiest part of starting any addiction is starting.

September is National Recovery Month. Founded in 1989 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to bring awareness that prevention works, treatment is effective, and recovery is…

Donna MarksSeptember 15, 2026

Addiction Mental Health Mindset

The Three Most Important Keys to Overcoming Addiction

Statistics indicate that up to two-thirds of individuals who seek help for addiction will experience relapse. Whether it involves alcohol, drugs, food, gambling, smoking, or any other issue, the rates are…

Donna MarksFebruary 24, 2025

Addiction Mindset

Three Reasons the Term “Substance Use Disorder” is Harmful

I recently watched the show Painkillers, a series about how the Purdue pharmaceutical company (owned by the Sadler family) produced, promoted, and distributed OxyContin (oxycodone) — but mostly how addictive it…

Donna MarksApril 16, 2024

Addiction Mindset Recovery

Humor and Addiction Recovery

Addiction is a serious illness, no doubt about it. It’s the number one physical and mental health problem, and it’s getting worse, not better. There seems to be a correlation…

Donna MarksFebruary 26, 2024

Addiction Mindset Recovery Therapy

The Three Cs of Successful Therapy

Some people have misperceptions about therapy and treatment. They go for help because they’re in pain but tend to stop as soon as the pain subsides. But pain is a…

Donna MarksJuly 9, 2023

Addiction Family

Halloween – 5 Ways Make Sure Your Kids Aren’t Tricked into A Fentanyl Disaster

We’ve heard that Fentanyl is claiming thousands of lives, but now the drug cartel has taken it to a whole new level. Fentanyl packaged as candy like Skittles and SweeTarts…

Donna MarksOctober 25, 2022

Addiction Mindset Recovery

Three Differences Between Addictive Feelings & Genuine Love

For example, “I love chocolate cake, cigarettes, gambling, romance, sex, shopping, sugar, work,” and so on. What they’re really saying is that they love the way these things make them…

Donna MarksOctober 17, 2022

Addiction Mindset Recovery

Why Trying to Escape Your Feelings Keeps You Trapped in Them

When I quit smoking over thirty years ago, I felt a lot of anger. I thought it was because I missed cigarettes so much, part of the “grieving process.” But…

Donna MarksOctober 10, 2022

Mindset Sober Living

Three Things You’re Entitled to With Sobriety

Some people don’t stay sober because things don’t happen fast enough. The consequences of their addiction have cost them money, jobs, respect from the community, and even family losses. Addiction…

Donna MarksSeptember 26, 2022

Mindset Recovery Sober Living

How to Stay Out of Your Way for A Successful Recovery

After more than three decades of working with families suffering from addiction, it’s pretty easy to identify the winners from the losers. I’m not being critical. Winning and losing aren’t…

Donna MarksAugust 29, 2022

The hardest part of stopping any addiction is stopping. The easiest part of starting any addiction is starting.

The Three Most Important Keys to Overcoming Addiction

Three Reasons the Term “Substance Use Disorder” is Harmful

Humor and Addiction Recovery

The Three Cs of Successful Therapy

Halloween – 5 Ways Make Sure Your Kids Aren’t Tricked into A Fentanyl Disaster

Three Differences Between Addictive Feelings & Genuine Love

Why Trying to Escape Your Feelings Keeps You Trapped in Them

Three Things You’re Entitled to With Sobriety

How to Stay Out of Your Way for A Successful Recovery

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