Ask anyone with a few years of sobriety what made the difference and, more often than not, a name comes back. Not a clinic, not a book, not even a particular meeting — a person. Their sponsor. For something so central to how recovery actually works, sponsorship is oddly mysterious
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It is one of the most common reasons people put off going to a meeting:
Nobody arrives at their first AA meeting feeling ready. Most people arrive having circled the
The most important conversation in recovery often happens in the car park, the coffee shop,
Before you pick up, stop and ask yourself: am I Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired? It sounds almost insultingly simple.
Three letters can change everything in recovery thinking. Not “I cannot do this” but “I cannot do this yet.” The
Recovery capital is the sum total of resources — internal and external — that a person can draw on to
Generation Z faces a substance landscape that is almost unrecognisable from even ten years ago. Novel psychoactive substances appear faster
The traditional advice for early recovery quietly assumes a traditional life: a nine-to-five job, a fixed schedule, weekday evenings free
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