Drug Alcohol Addiction Recovery Workbook - Addiction Self Help "I will out-distance my wildest dreams; and look back one day and realize that the hardest times in my life were the most important..."  Contrary to what other programs may have led you to believe, you are more than a "client" to be treated or labeled with a disease. You have choices, motivation and free will. Your future depends, not on the theories and opinions of counselors and doctors, but on that inner desire you have to be more than you are now.

You’ve tried treatment & endless meetings ..... And realize, "That’s just not me!"

"Someone struggling with drug addiction or alcohol addiction will continue to use until he or she is convinced that they can successfully live life without the use of alcohol or drugs. This can come at any time. There is no “bottom”. It is relative. Drug and alcohol use has more to do with why people think they can’t quit, than why people continue to use. In other words, I am not going to quit until I think I can."     

"What complicates my drinking or drug use is the fear of losing the memory  of who I am and who I am suppose to be..."

There are vast amounts of information out there on the whole "recovery" process from alcohol and drugs.  With this vast information, I believe, we often lose sight of what matters most.

Alcohol and drug use is a painful business. Because of the pain and struggle involved we may search endlessly for the one cause or cure to end the madness.  We become afraid, and through this fear cling to any shred of evidence we can find to lift us from our state.  Is there one way to succeed in "recovery"? Who is right? Who is wrong? 

When it is all said and done, it does not matter which path you take to end alcohol or drug addiction.   It’s your choice, your life.   Find a way.   There is hope!

I know the potential each human has and can choose to use, if the desire is there and the right information and motivation is available. I must emphasize that I believe in the value of each person, and like myself, each must come to terms with who they are, what they desire, and their......