Addictions Suck. Rebuild Your Life.

Okay, guys. I’m taking a break for a while. As you can see I only posted once last week. I need to think and refocus. Honestly, I’m tired. Writing about recovery is heavy and depressing, so I’m taking a break. How long? I don’t know.
Part of building a healthy life is that you have to [...]

While doing a bit of keyword searching I stumbled upon this phrase: sex addiction cure. The real question: Why do people Google for such a thing? There can only be a few answers:

1. To find a quick and easy way out of the sexual addiction
2. To know how to stop acting out
3. To know if [...]

Here’s cool little ditty: My Three Rs for Recovery. Here’s an excerpt:
R is for Remembering
The strongest antidote to fantasies about “how nice it would be if I could x or y or z” (plug in your addictive behaviors), is to remember the destruction those behaviors caused. That means remembering the bad parts (there are plenty) [...]

A Quick Story:
Several years ago I checked out a book at the library about bicycle repair. At the time I was in graduate school and a bicycle was my main form of transportation, so basic maintenance and repair skills were needed.
Well, someone stole that book. Being responsible for it, I went online and ordered [...]

Recovery is about revelation.
Healing comes afterward.
-Damon Toney, RecoverCast

Don’t go straight for healing, straight for a “better life.” Spend time understanding and accepting the hows and whys that lead to your current situation. Don’t be afraid of what you find. Accept it, change and move on.
Be well,
Damon

A friend once told me that I would never be able to separate Christ from my recovery. Guess what? I tried. He was right.
This blog is about addiction recovery based on my experiences. No matter how you look at it, there is one person at the center of it all: Jesus Christ. For seven years [...]