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Recovery isn't always happy go lucky and perfect. We actually have to start navigating issues, manage life, deal with problems, and be responsible. It is not always easy in recovery, but I do know one thing, the worst day now, is better than the best day the.

Wanting to get clean and actually getting clean are two very different concepts, in order to truly battle against addiction, there are so many factors that play a role. Treatment, detox, MATs, AA/NA, groups, and therapy all impact us different and we all will not recover the same way. Recovery is a lifestyle.

Recovery is more than making changes, it is about lifestyle, mindset, and creating a life that you never want drugs to ruin. Living sober, is about navigating life without using drugs to cope, life is going to happen, good and bad things, but it isn't what happens to us, but how we react to what happens that will define us. Recovery is about progress, not perfection.

Wow! Episode 30, thank you everyone for listening and following my recovery journey! There are so many factors that play a vital role in recovery from drug addiction and alcoholism. Being self-aware may be the biggest part of a successful recovery, such as knowing how to combat your cravings, avoiding triggers, and self-care. Be good to yourself.

Everyone is different, we all have different reasons for why we started using, and why we kept using. Figuring out the underlining reasons for why we use and keep using is a major step in recovery. Knowing our triggers and our addiction risk factors is a huge step towards success in recovery.

When it comes down to it, relapse prevention should be the main focus for anyone struggling with addiction. Figuring out the root causes, finding a way to cope with the trauma of childhood and adulthood, and improving our self-esteem/self-worth are the most important issues to address in relapse prevention.

I continue to see thendebate about whether or not relapse is a part of recovery. I have heard a lot of different sides to this over the course of my addiction, but it really comes down to the each individual situation and what happens going to happen next. What we really should be doing is altering our focus; to relapse prevention.

I don't know what I thought, but in active addiction, obviously drugs are talked about a lot, usually that was all that was on my mind. But when I got clean, I guess I thought drugs wouldn't come up in everyday conversation, depending on who I was talking to. Addiction is becoming so prevalent in society today and we all are impacted by the issues drugs bring our society.

We all know someone who struggles with drugs or alcohol, but when it is someone who is really close to you, it really affects you different. So many people say that addiction doesn't affect them, but addiction, drugs, overdose, they affect everyone.

Addiction to drugs and alcohol can be hard to explain to another person. Why addiction is a disease can also be hard to explain to other people. But it all has to do with what addiction does to the brain. It alters brain chemistry, which makes it a disease, and explaining what it is like to be addicted to drugs, can be nearly impossible.

Fentanyl has become a much more serious issue in our society. Not only is heroin being cut with fentanyl, its being replaced by fentanyl. And now, fentanyl is crossing over to cocaine, pills, and other drugs, causing an increase in overdose deaths every year for the last 7 years.

Thinking about whether or not living through a life of addiction is worth it, is sort of a convoluted concept. But if a person is able to use their addiction experience for good, does that make it worth it? Thinking that way is odd, but how else can you look at it?

In recovery, our relationships with other people may be different than we expect. The dynamic we have with one person, may be completely different than the one we have with another. This is based on many things and all relationshipsare different, of course. In recovery, people are always going to question us, what we are doing, why we are doing it, and what we are doing it for, even if it is just the flu....

Staying clean is more than taking the drugs away from the person. Although that is obviously a huge part of it, the main part of staying clean is creating a life for yourself that you enjoy living. Having a schedule, a routine, and goals are a huge part of success in recovery.

I think sometimes the relationship between a current drug user and an ex-drug user can be difficult at times. The one using doesn't want to hear anything from anyone, ever, and the ex-user, really only wants to help. It can be hard not to come off righteous in these situations, and I am still working on the best way to approach people in this situation. When people who never used before and want to help us with our addiction, we say ,"well what do you know", and the people that did use, we say, "you're righteous." Addiction is a mother fucker, please reach out if you need anything, but not 15 dollars for breakfast......

Everybody's recovery journey is different and we all have to be accepting of how some people get to where they want to be. Just because another person isn't on your journey doesn't make it the wrong journey.

I have been so busy with adulting, work, school, recovery, and being a dad, but I have been brainstorming about doing a season 2 for about a month now. Recently I have received a lot of questions about medication assisted treatmen and with my experience with all of the main ones, I figured I would share my experience.

Recovery was a process that took me a long time to figure out. I tried pretty much everything there was in order to get clean.I kind of felt like my life was just going to be what it was and that's how It was going to go. Kept trying to get it, I kept trying to progress. I think everybody's treatment plan is different but it all comes from the same place and there's only a few variable's that are different but it's all stems from the same thing.

Dealing with life can be so hard so complicated and so complex. That's why some of us do what we do when it comes to living it comes to our behavior that's why I study psychology I think it's so interesting and fascinating not just serial killers but everybody. Lol. But when it comes to addiction and using coping with life is much harder than it has to be when we add the drugs to it which is why it's so important to figure out other ways to cope with life. I don't have all the answers I just know what works for me and what's working for me and the fact that my quality of life is better than it's ever been is what it's all about.

I can't believe we reached episode 13. It really is awesome and I appreciate you all for listening this has been one of the coolest experiences I've ever had and I intend that I continuing. You can check me out on the podcast recovery podcast coming up this month the post on Sundays so I have to wait for the air date and I'll let you guys know but I'm excited about that. Progress not Perfection is about where you are and where you want to be and what you have to do to get there it doesn't matter where you're starting from or where you been it just matters that you're always moving forward and trying to accomplish new goals that better your life for the long term. My wife wasn't always great and it'll never be perfect but at least it's the best it's ever been and continue to only get better as long as I continue putting the work in.

My life was never how I thought it would be and it seems it is going to continue that way. Although now, I'm living a life that I like living. I have been through so much and I really lived a life so far. It is crazy to think where I once was and where I am now. Just can't wait to see where this new way of thinking takes me. Life is a beautiful mystery.

Create a life worth living. It's what it all comes down to. Create a life that is so much better without heroin, that going back is never an option. I really am learning more and more about myself and I'm so happy that I never gave up on myself.

It was not enough to just talk about the obsession of drug addiction in one part. I don't think the absolutely intense as fuck obsession is being realized by the ones not addicted to the drugs. It is so overwhelming and their minds are so polluted with by one thought. I hope that people understand what we go through on a daily basis during active addiction and during our recovery process. To destroy the stigma. Means to look past the addiction and see the person. Makes me sad to think about all my friends that past away and people were just like "well whatever they were addicts" YOLO for real and let's see what happens. ☮️ ❤️ ♾️

I relapsed about 1,000 times. I have done a lot of all treatment plans and was able to take a little bit of each from everytime I went. All for times. Here's what I learned about addiction relapse and prevention. Hope this helps a little bit.