Addiction and Relationships: How the Need for Answers Can Give You Clarity
I’ve always been a learner. From a young age I’ve always loved to read, to research, to teach myself just for the sake of learning. And...
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Ashley Roberts
- Jan 18, 2021
- 5 min
Addiction and Relationships: The Pancake Analogy
I made breakfast yesterday as it was Sunday, and that usually calls for pancakes, among other things. And while I was mixing the batter...
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Ashley Roberts
- Jan 11, 2021
- 7 min
Addiction and Relationships: Why Mindfulness is One of the Best Things You Can Do
We’ve heard it before, said by everyone from the average person to the obvious New Age guru to Oprah. “Be in the present moment”, and...
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Ashley Roberts
- Jan 4, 2021
- 6 min
Addiction and Relationships: What Are Your Motives? Here's A Few Things You Should Consider
For this topic, I’m going to need to give some backstory on mine and my partner’s relationship...or rather, how things were before our...
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Ashley Roberts
- Dec 24, 2020
- 6 min
Addiction and Relationships: What If The "Bad Guy" Isn't Who You Thought It Was?
It’s easy to blame things. Even if you’re doing so well on your own journey of inner work and self discovery that you feel like a brand...
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Ashley Roberts
- Dec 14, 2020
- 5 min
Addiction and Relationships: Feeling Unhappy at Not Being Appreciated? It Might Be Because of This
When I first met my partner, he was at the end of a cycle of active addiction. And I, being very uneducated on addiction and not knowing...
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Ashley Roberts
- Dec 8, 2020
- 5 min
Addiction and Relationships: The Two Reasons Why It’s Not Actually About Them Getting Sober
“I just want them to get better.” We all say it at some point, and I mean, it’s kinda hard not to. Once they stop doing drugs then...
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Ashley Roberts
- Nov 30, 2020
- 5 min
Addiction and Relationships: Why Are They Choosing Drugs Over Me?
I’ve heard it said by others in groups, and I’ve felt it in the past, too: “Why does my partner choose drugs over _______?” We may fill...
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Ashley Roberts
- Nov 23, 2020
- 4 min
Addiction and Relationships: What To Do When You Aren't Feelin' The Love
I’ve heard this quote every now and then, and when I was younger I didn’t really understand it. If you love someone, how can you not like...
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Ashley Roberts
- Nov 16, 2020
- 4 min
Addiction and Relationships: How To Support Your Partner In Rehab (In A Healthy Way)
Alright, your partner has finally agreed to go to rehab, and off they really go. And this is exciting, right? Now they’re going to be...
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Ashley Roberts
- Nov 9, 2020
- 7 min
Addiction and Relationships: 3 Things To Help You Start On Your Own Recovery
So your partner is an addict. They’ve got issues with something, whether it’s drugs or some other vice, and it’s bad. Maybe they keep...
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Ashley Roberts
- Oct 28, 2020
- 4 min
Addiction and Relationships: A Quick Discussion on Higher Powers and Program
I’ve never really been a religious person, and that's despite being a baptized Catholic. Not that there’s anything wrong with it of...
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Ashley Roberts
- Oct 20, 2020
- 4 min
Addiction and Relationships: Think You're Asking The Right Questions? Try Asking These Instead
Ok, so I think you got it by now that I get a lot of inspiration from posts about addiction on websites from other people, and that I see...
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Ashley Roberts
- Oct 14, 2020
- 5 min
Addiction and Relationships: There's An Addict In This Movie And I Don't Like It
I’ve been watching this show for a few weeks now with my partner called Designated Survivor, and while I didn’t think I was a fan of...
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Ashley Roberts
- Oct 12, 2020
- 7 min
Addiction and Relationships: Egoic vs Authentic Love
Hopefully by this point you have noticed a common theme in my writing that points towards loving yourself and putting yourself first....
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Ashley Roberts
- Oct 5, 2020
- 6 min
Addiction and Relationships: Are You Feeling Like You Aren't Living Your Life Like You Should?
Most of the time when you hear anything about going with the flow, it’s in reference to something bad, as in, your life‘s not doing well...
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Ashley Roberts
- Oct 1, 2020
- 5 min
Addiction and Relationships: Feeling Like You're Just Not Lucky? Try Thinking This Way Instead
I used to think that life was based on luck. Got good grades even when you didn’t study? Maybe you were just lucky. Got a boyfriend in...
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Ashley Roberts
- Sep 28, 2020
- 5 min
Addiction and Relationships: Should I Drug Test My Partner? 3 Things You Need To Ask Yourself First
If you have a partner who has addiction issues, you know all about the home drug test. You know how they work, you know where to get...
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Ashley Roberts
- Sep 21, 2020
- 4 min
Addiction and Relationships: Think Your Partner Should Do Better? A Lesson In Empathy
Has anyone wanted to go up to their addicted partner and shake them (or other, more questionable, actions) because they just won’t wake...
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Ashley Roberts
- Sep 14, 2020
- 5 min
Addiction and Relationships: Want To Change Your Life? Stop Self Sabotaging
How many of us want healthy, sober partners? That should be like all of us, right? I mean, we are in a relationship with someone with...
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