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Willpower's Not Enough: Recovering from Addictions of Every Kind

Willpower s Not Enough: Recovering from Addictions of Every Kind Many people think that what the addict needs is willpower, but nothing could be furth

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Many people think that what the addict needs is willpower, but nothing could be further from the truth: When a person has already lost control over a drug or activity, attempts to control its use almost never work. Because the source of addiction isn't the drug or activity itself but a desire for a mood changer, successful recovery means ultimately changing the way we live, giving up the addictive life-style. Willpower's Not Enough will show you how to change your life-style and to recover from your addiction.

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Question :

Recovering from anorexia?

Ok I m 17 and have been recovering from anorexia for a year and a half...

This time last year I had just come out of a 14 week stay in hospital due to my low weight.

I have put on 9kgs since then but my BMI is still only 17. My doctors and parents want me to get to a BMI of 19/20 but I really don t want to put on anymore weight as I think I look healthy now.

A couple of months ago I reached a BMI of 17.9 and got my periods back but I seemed to freak out and without even realising lost some weight to get back to a BMI of 17.

Whenever I go to the doctors I load up with water to make myself appear heavier because I don t want them to know I ve lost weight. I hate doing this but I feel like it s my only way to keep them happy. I think I will put on a wee bit more weight till I get my periods back and then it won t matter that I ve been water loading.

I eat normally, in fact I probably eat more than a lot of my friends but I still don t seem to put weight on.

Any advice to get rid of this horrible thing forever? I m so sick of it but can t seem to find the willpower to put on weight.
Answer :
Take your time. Don t do this to make everyone else happy. Do it because you know perfectly well that you weren t happy fighting yourself over food and panicking over every calorie. Do it because a healthy body is the only beautiful body.

I m willing to bet (from personal experience) that you knew perfectly well you were losing weight. Otherwise, you wouldn t be water loading; you d be asking for help. And eating more than your friends doesn t mean much. I can eat three plates of food and consume fewer calories than everyone else.

Are you just seeing a medical doctor, or are you seeing a psychologist too? Medical doctors are notorious in the psychology community for giving improper care to patients who should be seeing a therapist.

Until you can see someone, some advice. Stay calm. No matter what, it will turn out ok. Get a hobby (anything) to take your mind off food and your body.

Finally, the hardest lesson to learn. You will always be what you are in the present. Sure, the future might hold something else. But if you re always shooting for what s in the future, how can you enjoy right now? Accept that you are perfect the way you are in this moment and you will learn to deal with the next moment a little bit better.

Best of luck!
Question :

A recovering alcoholic eating food prepared with alcohol?

My boyfriend and I will have been dating for 6 months next Wednesday. He s 15, I m 16. He was, for all intents and purposes, an alcoholic. He realized how much it hurt me that he drank just to drown the pain of depression, so he stopped. As far as I know (I love him so damn much, but he doesn t have the strongest willpower; he was in NY with his mother this recent summer, who is a crack whore and alcoholic), he s been sober for 5-5 1/2 months now.

Here s my situation: a friend of ours loves to cook, and offered to have us over sometime when she cooks dinner, just the 3 of us. My boyfriend tells me that her best dish is her "beer chicken". Obviously, he s had it in the past, "whatever". The thing is... First of all, is it even "okay" for a recovering alcoholic to have food prepared with beer, and secondly... would I be a total nag if I told him I didn t want him to have it?
Answer :
I wouldn t be to concerned with this...the actual alcohol will be cooked out of the dish, so he won t get the benefit of drinking alcohol, the only thing he will get is the taste. Most people that drink don t so it for the flavor, but for the effect they get from it, so doubt this will cause him to relapse into drinking again...That and no boy at his age wants to be told what to do, eat, drink, ect. You need to decide to trust him, and let him be, if he chooses to go back to drinking, then time for you to realize you aren t the most important thing in his life and move on.
Question :

For a recovering METH addict...is this poem worth giving my sister?

I am not a writer, just love my sister.
She is 26, I am 27, she hasn t been clean for long...

Edits, comments and constructive criticism please!!


Looking back on our childhood
I remember the bad and not much of the good.

It makes me confused to why you ll mostly remember the best
Being clean, why would God give you that test?

Don t get me wrong we had a good life
But a man had our mom who he called his wife

That man was our father, just the same
He could have done better; "dad" was just a name

Not always knowing the truth from your lies
And never being able to hear all your cries

We were close as close as could be
And the thought of not forever really scared me

Friends will come and friends will go
Not all, but some of them you never know

With every friend who has a bad addiction
There s no way to make an accurate prediction

You pushed your family way, all for the meth
Made us worry if you would come to an untimely death

We both should know this after all
We saw an addiction make our dad fall

I ve prayed for the day you d accept what you know
I thought if you wanted, you d get up and go

Away from that beast that took you from us
But you made up excuses and put up a fuss

Addicts corrupt and take you for that ride
That way they feel better about themselves inside

The ones who know you, they know you ll quit
You know in reality those clowns will neverfit

You are completely different then those who conform
You are one of a kind and better than the norm

Not only that you have the all the right tools
Your brain and your courage...only fooling those fools

Those fools made you feel so safe and so good
You hid who you are and the meth knew you would

Now you are safe at home where you belong
I know you re ready to prove the world you re this strong

You strive for all your goals with all your willpower
But you know in every field of weeds there s always that flower

Of all the flowers out there; you would always be picked
Perfectly lovely, that **** had you tricked

I was in denial; excused your abuse through my eyes
I d say addicts don t succeed and you wore a disguise

Take of that mask, beautiful, no one will look
It s the first chapter in your huge life as a book

You re inspiring and brave and been through a lot
But this fight will be different than the others you ve fought

This may sound cliche that I love you so much
My life is just one of many you ve touched

I ll hold you tight, and forever be there for support
Keep your goals in perspective and don t cut them short

I will wipe away tears
Keep reassuring your fears

I thought that I could get you through
I m completely wrong; I m really sorry too

I know you will do this all on your own
I just have to remember that you are grown

You aren t a child I understand this
I am just afraid of all you could miss

So please don t be angry with me right now
I ll leave you alone the best way I know how

I thank God for the day you picked up your phone
You were scared and heart broken; but did it on your OWN!

Remember the good old days weren t really that bad
And the "using days" took the dignity you once had
Answer :
i cant begin to imagine what you re going through. as if you didnt have enough already on your plate. beautiful heart felt poem indeed. i wish i had the answers for you. i ve struggled with addiction in the past as well. not meth. but addiction is addiction. if i hadnt have had my wife and children, i d probably not be here. it s obvious that you care about her, and it s hard to know what exactly to do about it all. you know you cant do it for her, but you can give her love and support. which you obviously do. i hope everything works out for you. you seem really genuine and you have a whole lot going on. all you can do is the best you can and nothing more. take care

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mike

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