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
Haley Radke of Adoptees On is a fellow adoptee who has been creating lively and informative podcast dialogues for adoptees for years. This from the
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
It baffles me when in these modern, healthier (?) times, we are still supporting a culture of drinking to the extent we are. Recently, I
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
“Many attempts at change fail because people hope to leap directly from the good intention to the final conclusion”—was an inspirational quote I read regarding
Back when I first got sober, I knew that I was giving up a certain lifestyle that no longer suited me. I wish I could
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