It does not help us if those we love find their truth. They cannot give it to us. It does not help if someone we love knows a particular truth in our life. We must discover our truth for ourselves.
We must each discover and stand in our own light.
RESCUING OURSELVES No one likes a Martyr. How do we feel around martyrs? Guilty Angry Trapped Negative Anxious to get away! Somehow, many of us have developed the belief that depriving ourselves, not taking care of ourselves, being a victim, and suffering needlessly will get us what we want. It is our job to notice …
There’s a medical term called alcohol use disorder (AUD). It involves a physical need to drink alcohol. Alcoholics don’t know when or how to stop drinking. They sometimes begin each day with a drink, feel guilty about drinking, and want to cut down on the amount of drinking. But, they honestly can’t stop and can’t …
A slump can go on for days. We feel sluggish, unfocused, and sometimes overwhelmed with feelings we can’t sort out. What is going on with us? Even our attempts to practice recovery behaviors may not appear to work. We still don’t feel emotionally, mentally, and spiritually as good as we would like. Sometimes we revert …
If you know somebody struggling with alcohol and/or drug addiction, missing Mondays at work or arriving late for work, please call us? We respect and honour your anonymity because we’ve been where you are now, and we know how to help. Monday and Tuesday; the most difficult days of the week when it comes to …
Monday morning blues? Tuesday “Bluesday” patterns? and Drug Addiction Read More »
I’m a Drug Addict and Alcoholic in remission from Substance Use Disorder for over 8 years. Yes, that’s a real thing. DSM-5 ( Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) now has legally given people like myself a diagnosis. It s the product of more than 10 years of effort by hundreds of international experts …
Love and Addiction Drug & Alcohol Addiction is a family disease, It affects the whole family not just the addict. I believe everybody is addicted to something. What are you addicted to I wonder? You see heroin, I see low self-esteem. You see cocaine, I see fear. You see alcohol, I see social anxiety. You …
Smoking marijuana releases serotonin, a chemical in the brain that triggers a feeling of pleasure. When someone smokes regularly the brain becomes used to higher amounts of serotonin production, so when they quit and production drops they experience mental withdrawal from the dependence on the previously increased levels of serotonin and the pleasure it brought. …
