Arab in Recovery

[Jim Wallor @painofaddiction]

#Addiction doesn't fuel motivation. It stifles ambition. It takes away most everyone's drive to succeed. It will overpower logical thinking!

[Arab in Recovery @ArabInRecovery]

Most people are playing out patterns that kept them safe in the past, even if they may be destructive now... and then #familiar #human

[Arab in Recovery @ArabInRecovery]

Everybody has issues, including me. #compassion #Forgiveness

[Diana Hussein @heyadiana]

Comments from personal Facebook profiles on local news, and they're just comfortable using horrific words about my people. My community. Me.

[Arab in Recovery @ArabInRecovery]

I have such a fear regarding relationships and intimacy. I wonder where it came from. #childhoodwounds #mother

[Arab in Recovery @ArabInRecovery]

I'm becoming more aware of a big internal struggle between what I was taught growing up and who I really am inside. #morality

[Arab in Recovery @ArabInRecovery]

I'm praying for the courage to change the things I can. #Serenity

[Arab in Recovery @ArabInRecovery]

Defining success by productivity has been the key principle that I've been raised with... it's also been the main problem.

[jim twitty @jimtwittytweets]

#sober #12steps #recover #rehab #delray #delrayrecovery #detox #soberwoman #SoberGold #sobriety #SoberProbs

[✨Melissa Grey✨ @meligrey]

Cinderella marrying the prince isn't a passive, antifeminist act. Loving and being loved are super hard when you grow up with abuse.

[Arab in Recovery @ArabInRecovery]

#9525 copilot #depressed and is white so he is afforded all the human emotions and explanations. I doubt that would happen if Arab.

[Arab in Recovery @ArabInRecovery]

Thinking about the #stigma that exists in #Arab communities about #psychiatric #medication and #mental #health in general.

[Arab in Recovery @ArabInRecovery]

#antidepressant day #1: not much difference so far. Feel a tad better, but still very much in my own head. #recovery

[Arab in Recovery @ArabInRecovery]

Looking for magic pill that will give me #balance and #courage to attempt #sobriety again. Lots of #resentments keeping me in #addiction.

[Arab in Recovery @ArabInRecovery]

"Don't expect anything from me because I will fail you," says my inner child like avoidant. #anarexic #avoidance

[Arab in Recovery @ArabInRecovery]

The upswing is over. The downswing is slowly talking over. Let's hope I can take care of myself #selfcare #depression

[anna v ciardullo @annav_ciardullo]

#loneliness #healthrisk Guy Winch: Why we all need to practice #emotional first aid http://t.co/Eu55RsoT1k

[Arab in Recovery @ArabInRecovery]

#Relationships that lack excitement, manipulation and #escape just aren't appealing enough for me. What a sad realization #anarexic

[Arab in Recovery @ArabInRecovery]

BBC reporting like it is surprising news. What do you expect? A well balanced warrior? #ISIS

'Jihadi John loner' http://t.co/PqgYYs7pd6