November 24th, 2019
Our addictions are an attempt to circumvent growth. They develop as a reaction to internal and systemic feelings of discomfort and pain that represent the shadow sides. . .
November 17th, 2019
Entering into any form of recovery from serious addictions represents both a death and a birth. But first it’s a death. Even if we genuinely seem to want . . .
November 10th, 2019
In many ways, the path to recovery is a path toward better self-care. Our addictions, themselves, were an unconscious and misguided attempt to take care of aspects of our psyches that were. . .
November 3rd, 2019
Through our addictions we seek comfort. Our addictions represent an attempt to tame our experience of life, to round out its edges until it no longer feels like a potential threat. . .
October 27th, 2019
Recovery is serious business. Especially when we are facing addictions and breaking our bonds to substances or behaviors that are potentially deadly, we need to be serious. Furthermore. . .
October 20th, 2019
Life really is difficult. In so many ways, being human means bearing various amounts of seemingly unbearable feelings intermittently throughout one’s life. And it is. . .
October 13th, 2019
We perceive the world very subjectively and often our addictions arise as a very reaction to this subjectivity. Everything we experience throughout our lives. . .
October 6th, 2019
Our addictions are a mask. Through our addictions we attempt to create an experience of life that allows us to live free of underlying feelings of discomfort and disconnection. And often. . .
September 29th, 2019
Recovery is a form of rebirth. Recovering from our addictions means that we are committed to changing the way that we react to the painful parts of ourselves that inspired the addictions. . .
September 22nd, 2019
We are always making choices. Ultimately, the difference between being active in our addictions or being active in our recovery is a difference defined by the choices we are making. . .