Introduction |
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Addiction and Its Manifestations |
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1 | (1) |
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27 | (14) |
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41 | (1) |
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Potential Challenges and Obstacles That Can Interfere with Your Recovery |
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Detoxing after Detox: Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS) |
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41 | (2) |
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Playing Defense: Denial, Minimizing, Rationalizing, and Avoidance |
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43 | (7) |
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Substituting One Manifestation of Addiction for Another |
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50 | (5) |
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Acting Out on Anger and Resentments |
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55 | (5) |
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Escaping and Numbing Uncomfortable, Painful Feelings |
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60 | (11) |
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71 | (4) |
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Connecting the Dots between Stress and Trauma |
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75 | (1) |
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Adding Injury to Injury: Unresolved Trauma |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (2) |
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Refusing to Part Ways with People, Places, Events, and Things |
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80 | (3) |
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Thinking in Distortions and Clinging to Faulty Beliefs |
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83 | (6) |
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Having Unrealistic Expectations |
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89 | (3) |
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Floating on the Pink Cloud |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (3) |
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Continuing Your Journey of Recovery |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (1) |
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Strategies, Suggestions, and Solutions to Strengthen Your Recovery |
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Recovering One Day at a Time |
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100 | (2) |
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Filling the Internal Emptiness |
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102 | (1) |
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Breaking In Recovery-Oriented Ways of Thinking, Feeling, and Acting |
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102 | (1) |
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Connecting the Dots between Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions |
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103 | (4) |
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Recovery and the Four Points of Balance |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (10) |
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119 | (6) |
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125 | (20) |
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145 | (14) |
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The Value of Twelve-Step Program Participation |
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159 | (4) |
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Trauma, Addiction, and Recovery |
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163 | (1) |
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163 | (2) |
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165 | (1) |
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Trauma Can Take Many Forms |
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166 | (2) |
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The Connection between Trauma and Addiction |
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168 | (4) |
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What's the Difference between Stress and Trauma? |
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172 | (3) |
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What's the Difference between Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? |
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175 | (3) |
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178 | (4) |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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Considerations for Healing from Trauma, Treatment, and Recovery |
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183 | (1) |
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Trauma Self-Help Healing and Recovery Tips |
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184 | (5) |
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Professional Trauma Treatment |
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189 | (4) |
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Addiction as a Family Disease |
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193 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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What Exactly Is Addiction? |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (3) |
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Positive Intentions, Unintended Results |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (5) |
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204 | (7) |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (1) |
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What Is Recovery for Family Members/Significant Others? |
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213 | (4) |
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The Therapeutic Value of Connection and Support through Mutual Aid/Twelve-Step Programs |
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217 | (4) |
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221 | (8) |
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