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NOT COUNTING// Why I Don't Have a Sobriety Date Ticking off each day that I don't take a drug requires too much focus on an aspect of my life that I am trying to leave behind. By Elizabeth Brico Share Tweet Forward LATE FATHER// The Transformative Power of Grief and Loss I was becoming what I hated most in this world. I was becoming my father. It was the metamorphosis of the monster. By Christopher Smith Share Tweet Forward HORROR// Trauma, Alcoholism and Horror: My New Relationship With Halloween People with PTSD frequently seek out events or experiences that evoke similar feelings to the original trauma in an attempt to work through it. By Helaina Hovitz Share Tweet Forward THE WAVE// Healing Trauma Through Surfing At the end of one of our first sessions, a Marine who has initially been jostling back and forth, said, "I think this is going to save my life. I feel alive again." By Kristen McGuiness Share Tweet Forward FILM// Todd "Z-Man" Zalkins Profiled in Award-Winning Documentary The documentary zeroes in on "Z-Man's" intervention skills as much as it traces his deep connection to Sublime lead singer Bradley Nowell's family. By Paul Fuhr Share Tweet Forward BEST OF THE QUICK FIX Kellyanne Conway on Stopping OD Deaths: Just Don't Do Drugs Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith on Addiction: I Was Spiritually Bankrupt Mary J. Blige: I'd Be Dead If I Didn’t Get Sober NJ Officials' Warning About MJ-Infused Halloween Candy Backfires Whoopi Goldberg's Cannabis Line Provides Pain Relief for Women Is Gaming Addiction Real? COMMENT OF THE WEEK Doesn't Count This week, Elizabeth Brico shared why she doesn't count her days drug-free. While most readers agreed that holding every person in recovery to a perfect clean streak isn't the best way to go, some saw value in keeping themselves accountable. I find it is common for people that frequently relapse, to not want to "have a sobriety date." These "blips and slips" are relapses in the recovery process. When you understand that addiction is a thinking disease, you will then begin to see the mental and emotional relapsing that takes place long before you physically pick up. Uninterrupted sobriety in recovery. Relapse does NOT have to be a apart of your journey. If you are allowing yourself to "blip" and "slip" and continue on without any work at all, without going back and starting new..working hard on sobriety, do you ever feel confident that you will live a life truly free from the chains of addiction? To thine own self be true. -Amy Sheridan MORE>>

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