Dr Affie Adagio Life Coach, Family Therapist, Marriage Celebrant, Trainer

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Recovery through education

Filed under: Compulsion & Recovery — Affie Adagio at 10:23 pm on Saturday, October 21, 2006

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beer, photo by Arjun Kartha, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, sobriety, AAAddiction creeps up on a person before they realise it’s too late.  Then they can’t stop repeating the debilitating behaviour.  Becoming free of the grip of addiction is possible through education and an experienced helping hand.  So many have succeeded to be set free from such compulsion.  Recovery through education about the addictive process can only be achieved successfully with the support of others, especially those who have had the same experience and recovered.  You cannot do it by yourself, so reach out.

it was such a long hard struggle
and she tried over and over
each time the sobriety lasted
maybe a day or two
and then she had a drink
and it was a downward tumble again
she told me she was contemplating
suicide to get free of the torment
until she came into detox and
the support of Alcoholics Anonymous
she was so amazed at how many
successful people had reached the same
hopeless situation as she had done
and how they found recovery through education
because it’s not enough to just stop drinking
you need to deal with the feelings for which
alcohol is used to cover

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