One of the loneliest “places” is having to recover on your own. No matter how strong, capable and determined you are, when the setup is
A while ago, when I was an active member of a 12-step program, I was constantly bombarded with the information that I was not “terminally
From the AA Beyond Belief Website: “AA Beyond Belief is is website and podcast, but it’s much more than that. AA Beyond Belief is a
I have no way of knowing if I would be a person suffering – and now recovered – from addiction had I had a different
David B. Bohl is a relinquishee and adoptee, a professional independent addiction and recovery consultant, and a former consumer of substance use disorder and mental
David B. Bohl is a relinquishee and adoptee, a professional independent addiction and recovery consultant, and a former consumer of substance use disorder and mental
David B. Bohl is a relinquishee and adoptee, a professional independent addiction and recovery consultant, and a former consumer of substance use disorder and mental
David B. Bohl is a relinquishee and adoptee, a professional independent addiction and recovery consultant, and a former consumer of substance use disorder and mental
David B. Bohl is a relinquishee and adoptee, a professional independent addiction and recovery consultant, and a former consumer of substance use disorder and mental
David B. Bohl is a relinquishee and adoptee, a professional independent addiction and recovery consultant, and a former consumer of substance use disorder and mental
David B. Bohl is a relinquishee and adoptee, a professional independent addiction and recovery consultant, and a former consumer of substance use disorder and mental
A catalyst, immersionist, chronic malcontent, empath, conscientious persister, solitudinarian, itinerant introvert, and often complexly hypervigilant, David B. Bohl is also a relinquishee and adoptee, a
Before fighting your demons challenges, you need to know your demons challenges. Perhaps one of the biggest challenges for someone who has the double-whammy of
If you listen to enough stories of people with addiction, you’re going to hear the story of using alcohol or drugs to deal with nerves
In the past few months, many of us have been forced to really slow down. Whether we’ve lost our jobs, had them suspended, were told
Serenity seems to be hard to come by lately with all that has been going on. We’ve spent months locked up inside with people or
The Winter Solstice allows us a unique opportunity: to actually CELEBRATE the darkness of the day. Where I live, we’ll experience only 9 hours and
Once in a while, I’ll come across someone who got sober without the help of Alcoholics Anonymous or any other program. Often it was a
Thanks to the Indiana Adoptee Network for hosting me at their weekly Adoptee Happy Hour, and to all those who took time out of their
Additional Reading How Can We Best Support Relinquishees? (adoptees, fostered and orphaned individuals) David B. Bohl https://davidbbohl.com/how-can-we-best-support-relinquishees/ Relinquishment/Adoption and Addiction/Recovery: I am Much More Than
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