Moving might be the right choice, but examine your motives. When we were drinking and using, we were irrational, impulsive, and at the whim of our heartbreakingly horrible decisions. We get into recovery to be more than that. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao Tzu Wherever you go,… Continue reading So You Want to Move to a New City in Recovery? First Ask Yourself These Five Questions
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In Praise of the Geographical Cure
For me, leaving was about survival and going back to supportive friends and family who had known me my whole life and who would give me a temporary place to stay. When I moved to the city of my dreams, I drove my Navy Subaru Impreza stuffed so full that I couldn’t see out of… Continue reading In Praise of the Geographical Cure
A Practical and Comprehensive Guide to Finding a Suboxone Clinic
It took me 10 hours of phone calls, 20 voicemails, 3 chewed fingernails, and many packs of cigarettes before I found a Suboxone provider in my new town. This is the list I wish I had then. When I pulled a “geographic” a few years ago, leaving Portland for my home state of North Dakota,… Continue reading A Practical and Comprehensive Guide to Finding a Suboxone Clinic
