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Who Gets to Be an Expert on Their Own Experiences?

Who Gets to Be an Expert on Their Own Experiences?

Not all of us are regarded as reliable sources of information about ourselves.

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On Brad Pitt’s Decision to Drink Again After 7 Years

On Brad Pitt’s Decision to Drink Again After 7 Years

What does it mean to be sober or in recovery?

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The Cost of Losing Self-Respect in Addiction

We tend to shrink ourselves and our world when we lack self-respect.

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Ruled by Fearthought?

Fears often overrule deliberation and forethought.

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Six Challenges Later in Addiction Recovery

There will always be challenges even with the best recovery.

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Feeling Hollow In Everyday Life

Feeling empty makes it much harder to care for anything or feel any joy.

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Online Gambling and the Losses It Brings

The ability to place a bet—any time and any place—courts ruin for some people.

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Recalibrating Friendships when Someone Changes

Changing friendship dynamics can be difficult but necessary.

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The Art of Grieving Well

We risk losing even more when grief overwhelms us.

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Those We Love Are only Ever on Loan to Us

Personal Perspective: Loss teaches us how to love and grieve.

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The Destruction of Joy, Meaning, and Value

Suffering destroys our ability to make meaning and value.

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When Roles Swamp Our Identities

Why we become wedded to roles that inaccurately define and constrain us.

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Why Some Balk at Surrendering in Recovery from Addiction

Surrendering can sound like punishment rather than freedom.

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Stuck in Unhealthy Patterns?

Patterns are the designs and instructions for our lives.

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Self-Doubt Corrodes Self-Respect

Doubting yourself too much becomes habitual.

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Seven Challenges in Early Recovery From Addiction

It’s hard to avoid obstacles that we ourselves create in addiction recovery.

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People-Pleasers Lose Themselves to Others

Always pleasing others comes at a great expense.

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Have You Ever Met an Emotional Gangster?

Some people use emotions to shake down others to advance their agendas.

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Is Love Addiction Real?

Many identify as being addicted to romantic relationships, but is that possible?

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TikTok Is Designed to Get Users Hooked

The algorithm of TikTok vacuums up information with every view and swipe.

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