by Dave Cooper | Aug 20, 2021 | A2R, Families, Method, Theory
In this article you are going to learn about the way addiction develops in a person. How it always starts in the form of ‘reverse’ or ‘mirrored’ addiction. And why some people stay in the reverse position, whilst others develop into addicts. And why we all have the...
by Dave Cooper | Apr 24, 2021 | A2R, Advanced Recovery, Method
The ‘observer’ position I want to say something more about one of the key points in this approach. In order to understand, develop and practice my method you must first develop your understanding of what I call the ‘observer position’. Things like a raised awareness...
by Dave Cooper | Apr 23, 2019 | A2R, Advanced Recovery, Building Recovery, Communication, Foundation, Ground Floor, Method, Theory
So you want to recover from addiction? You want to lose that dependency? What is your number one commitment? Say no to drugs? Come home at a reasonable time? be more honest? I say that your number one commitment in recovery is to learn from everything! This post...
by Dave Cooper | Aug 31, 2018 | A2R, Building Recovery, Method
4 – Self management My work in this field took a huge leap forwards when I took on board the complex nature of being a human being! I often remind my clients that when we say ‘I’ we are using a complex statement! So the core principle here is...
by Dave Cooper | Aug 31, 2018 | A2R, Building Recovery, Method
So one of the main principles of growth is…… growth? I know, it seems a silly thing to include. But the importance of this demands that it gets its own section. Let me first extract the principle here so that we have a context for the rest of this section....
by Dave Cooper | Aug 23, 2018 | A2R, Building Recovery, Method
So this post is on isolation but the principle could be called ‘relating’. This is the second in this series on the core principles of growth into recovery from addiction. I want to continue to remind you that these are ideas that will produce personal...
