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Four Lessons From a Decade of Drug Addiction

July 23, 2022 By Seth Blais

Over a span of ten years, I experienced drug addiction, drug overdose, marriage, divorce, financial hardship, ruined relationships, and failed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recovery, Relationships, Stoicism Tagged With: Addiction, Relationships, Stoicism

Your circumstances don’t care how you feel about them

August 20, 2018 By Seth Blais

In the fall of 2016, I was on a steep decline towards being homeless, or worse, dead. With the help of the only people still willing to even speak … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recovery, Stoicism Tagged With: Addiction, Epictetus, Perspective, Prison, Stoicism

Before recovering from my drug addiction, I first had to accept it

February 6, 2018 By Seth Blais

A few years before finally finding real sobriety and recovery, I made several attempts to stop using drugs and alcohol. During one struggle, mostly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recovery, Stoicism Tagged With: Acceptance, Addiction, Control, Shame, Stigma

How I used Stoicism to battle my addiction to drugs and alcohol

January 29, 2018 By Seth Blais

Obstacle is the way

  There I found myself, withdrawing from heroin, unemployed, divorced, and laying restlessly in a twin-size bed in the small room I shared … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recovery, Stoicism Tagged With: Addiction, Divorce, Marcus Auerelius, Relationships, Tattoos

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