Dating back to 2015 I felt my fears and regrets as a child catch up to me, I didn’t...
About Addiction
I\’m not terribly nice to myself. How harshly I criticize myself, how negatively I view myself really affects...
Patience is more than a virtue when the truth hurts
Flashdance, , Addiction, Addiction, Career, Child, Grief, Medication, 2Well, today I finally admitted to myself that I have a problem. Not just any problem…not like a “I...
Inspiring Title Here*
conner78, , Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, LGBT, Marriage & Family, OCD, Addiction, Anxiety, Child, Domestic Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Lesbian, Gay, LGBTQ, Relationships, Weight Loss, 4There was a time when I did this simply because it made me happy. I used to regularly sit...
Falling [Relapsing] Down the Rabbit Hole
Proanamia, , Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, Addiction, Child, Depression, PTSD, Relationships, Therapist, 1My depression is hitting me so hard right now. I feel like I’m trying with all my strength and...
The Pace Of Things
AlexSophia88, , Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, Marriage & Family, OCD, Anxiety, Career, Depression, Grief, PTSD, Questions, Therapist, Therapy, 0So, things seem to have halted for a bit. My roommate is back from his month-long work trip and...
How in the world did I get here?
ChelseaH, , Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, LGBT, Marriage & Family, Teens, 1I’m not sure how to begin this, or even what to say. Like I think, many of us come...
Anonymous Acceptance
Serenity2017, , Addiction, Anxiety, Addiction, Anxiety, Chronic Pain, Depression, Hypnotherapy, Medication, OCD, 0Hi all, I have been absorbing the work of Melody Beattie and Tara Brach, and trying to implement their...
How Hormones Affect Tendencies Toward Addiction and Inhibit It
Rlockinger, , Addiction, Addiction, Career, Domestic Abuse, Parenting, 0The field of addiction studies has long been androcentric or focused on how addiction affects men. Treatment models are...
Here We Go Again!-Part 3; The Wedding & More
Soberagain, , Addiction, Career, Domestic Abuse, Questions, Relationships, Religion, 2Well the wife’s birthday and Thanksgiving was behind us. Thanksgiving was nice as we had been blessed by...