With almost thirty years of recovery and twenty five years working in the addiction recovery field, I continue to evaluate barriers to recovery. What gets in the way of truly experiencing all recovery has to offer? My answer continues to be simple. Shame. It has taken me over half of my life not to view …
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Michael Herbert
Over the past year our family has overcome many heart wrenching obstacles. It all started in June 2015. My aunt had a massive stroke. After 6 months of hospitals and long term care facilities she lost the battle to stay alive. I lost my favorite person in the world. I lost my best friend. The …
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Michael Herbert
My daughter came home after not speaking to me for a few months. I was so happy to see her. I needed to hold her and tell her I love her and that I wanted to fix her life for her. She informed me that she was still not talking to me and . . …
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Michael Herbert
For those in recovery, being honest can be difficult. In fact, it can be the single most important predictor of success in recovery. There is a reason it is so difficult. Recovery involves looking at our whole selves and being honest with others and ourselves about the reality of who we are and how we …
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Michael Herbert
Finding out later in life, what the causes are for the choices we are making, or have made can be stunning, to say the least. Reaching middle age and making the same choices we were making at the age of seventeen shows lack of growth and lack of maturity. We grow older and wiser but …
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Michael Herbert
