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These are your building blocks
I’ve done my best to format these pages for laptop & mobile viewing, but I am an amateur.
The entire website is best viewed on a computer screen.
I am not a psychologist. But I love learning. That may be a significant reason I thrived at PSI in Chicago:...
Resilient people adapt to life’s difficulties and grow stronger after facing adversity.
Resilience...
Boundaries
I have a right to say no without feeling guilty.
I have a right to be treated...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxzhzQJqzZ4
SMART Recovery: Self-Management and Recovery Training. I’ve...
chronic disease? Andy Reviews the literature
Is addiction a chronic disease, or is it a disorder of habit...
(If she’s not saying, “Here’s how it is, bitches,” then I just dunno…)
BTW,...
How I Beat Addiction
OMG – super easy!
1. I developed a true desire to quit.
2. I quit.
3. I...
Most people I’ve talked to have some guilt and shame about their substance abuse. Maybe you found...
Early on in the recovery process, we generally understand that we need to work on ourselves: our behaviors,...
The first meditation I recommend doing is a brief 10 minute bodyscan meditation. It is very straightforward:...
I was very fortunate to end up at PSI in Chicago for help with addiciton. There were some outstanding...