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OVERCOMING FRUSTRATION

December 4, 2015/by Frank Terzo

All my life, I have suffered from a need to appear perfect in other people’s eyes. I thought I had to do everything right in order to be accepted and when something did not go the way I wanted it to, I would get frustrated and angry. I knew I had to learn to control […]

MAKING A COMMITMENT

December 3, 2015/by Frank Terzo

When I came back into recovery after a lengthy relapse, I knew I had to make a daily commitment to stay clean and sober – even if only for that day. Making commitments can sometimes be overwhelming because there is risk involved. This risk results in two different fears: the fear of relapse and the […]

LONELINESS

December 2, 2015/by Frank Terzo

A sense of loneliness is often created by a change in a person’s life. Coming into recovery can force someone to give up their old social circle and end relationships that at one time may have been important to them. Loneliness can strike when a person is alone or it can happen in a room […]