Comments on: The Unhooked Future http://unhookedthinking.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/hello-world/ Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:53:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jimbo http://unhookedthinking.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/hello-world/#comment-57 Jimbo Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:47:50 +0000 #comment-57 many time for myself, particularly in early recovery, i seemed to have an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other..... it takes time to " reprogram " our subconcious thoughts. after so many years of negativity, we need to do and think positive actions and thoughts. keep in mind that it is difficult to be grateful and depressed at the same time. gratitude is a key factor in my daily life. "move a muscle, change a thought " many time for myself, particularly in early recovery, i seemed to have an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other….. it takes time to ” reprogram ” our subconcious thoughts. after so many years of negativity, we need to do and think positive actions and thoughts. keep in mind that it is difficult to be grateful and depressed at the same time. gratitude is a key factor in my daily life.

“move a muscle, change a thought “

]]> By: silly me http://unhookedthinking.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/hello-world/#comment-13 silly me Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:41:58 +0000 #comment-13 "discovered that it is OK to have these mixed feelings in my head." From my experience it's the voice of the addiction which is the "other (mixed) feeling". Addiction is a very clever beast, but only a beast at that. The rational decision maker can/will learn to ignore any suggestion that using would be a good thing. “discovered that it is OK to have these mixed feelings in my head.”

From my experience it’s the voice of the addiction which is the “other (mixed) feeling”.

Addiction is a very clever beast, but only a beast at that. The rational decision maker can/will learn to ignore any suggestion that using would be a good thing.

]]> By: Mike G http://unhookedthinking.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/hello-world/#comment-12 Mike G Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:59:29 +0000 #comment-12 I like the idea of going further with help for addiction. I find myself battling many thoughts as I go on the road to recovery. I never thought that I had split personality untill I started to recover and discovered that it is OK to have these mixed feelings in my head. I like the idea of going further with help for addiction. I find myself battling many thoughts as I go on the road to recovery. I never thought that I had split personality untill I started to recover and discovered that it is OK to have these mixed feelings in my head.

]]> By: silly me http://unhookedthinking.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/hello-world/#comment-9 silly me Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:59:24 +0000 #comment-9 OOOPS, not a very active little blog. Just wondered what you thought of these two fellows: Theodore Dallrymple (sp?) http://www.manhattan-institute.org/romancingopiates/ and Jack Trimpey of Rational Recovery fame. www.rational.org Two people who are definitely "nagging at the edges of the many mythological envelopes that surround the phenomenon." I'll check back now and again to see if there is a response. OOOPS, not a very active little blog.

Just wondered what you thought of these two fellows:

Theodore Dallrymple (sp?) http://www.manhattan-institute.org/romancingopiates/

and Jack Trimpey of Rational Recovery fame. http://www.rational.org

Two people who are definitely “nagging at the edges of the many mythological envelopes that surround the phenomenon.”

I’ll check back now and again to see if there is a response.

]]> By: mayrivamonte http://unhookedthinking.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/hello-world/#comment-6 mayrivamonte Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:23:55 +0000 #comment-6 can we tackle about how are we going to help people with cases in the court who wants to recover and hopefully find themselves not guilty because when he commited the crime he was a victim of his own disease named addiction? I need your help on this.... can we tackle about how are we going to help people with cases in the court who wants to recover and hopefully find themselves not guilty because when he commited the crime he was a victim of his own disease named addiction? I need your help on this….

]]> By: silly me http://unhookedthinking.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/hello-world/#comment-5 silly me Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:24:01 +0000 #comment-5 anyone here ever heard of rational recovery? anyone here ever heard of rational recovery?

]]> By: danmalleck http://unhookedthinking.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/hello-world/#comment-3 danmalleck Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:54:05 +0000 #comment-3 Great idea, this blog. Good luck with it. I look forward to dynamic discussions. Dan Malleck Editor-in-Chief The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs: An Interdisciplinary Journal Great idea, this blog. Good luck with it. I look forward to dynamic discussions.

Dan Malleck
Editor-in-Chief
The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs: An Interdisciplinary Journal

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