Understanding Trauma, Abuse and Deprivation
The purpose of this article is to give meaning to the word Deprivation. Many times when we share our childhood stories we talk of the trauma and abuse of our...
Read MoreThe purpose of this article is to give meaning to the word Deprivation. Many times when we share our childhood stories we talk of the trauma and abuse of our...
Read MoreAway from the cooling fall air, a fire crackles in the fireplace and the table is set with candles and neatly folded napkins….. The fragrant scent of turkey and dressing...
Read More“He cheated on me …… with scores of women.” “She’s addicted to porn.” “I see it progressing and I’m afraid.” “He keeps telling me painful information and I can’t handle it...
Read MoreIn the documentary Anonymous People, actor Kristen Johnston sits on stage and openly tells the audience, “I’ll tell whomever I damn well please that I am in recovery.”I feel the...
Read MoreBy Allen Nohre, Terros “The road to Recovery often goes through the little town of Slip, the bigger city of Relapse, towns and cities that are sometimes visited more than...
Read MoreA man prepares heroin in Zhukovsky, Russia, near Moscow. To produce krokodil, which has a comparable effect to heroin but is much cheaper to make, users mix codeine with gasoline,...
Read MoreUnconditionally loving and perfectly imperfect, without shame, unique, real, precious, one-of-a-kind, genuine, spontaneous, worthy, vulnerable, accepting of who I am, expressive of needs and wants and able to be in...
Read MoreBy ROBERT WEISS LCSW, CSAT-S Some readers may remember the film Shame, released in 2011. Shame was a gritty portrayal of an active sex addict (Michael Fassbender). The movie was...
Read MoreWhile on an airplane I saw that the in-flight movie was Beautiful Creatures. Thinking the movie was a documentary on puppies or a sweet love story, I started to watch....
Read MoreIt’s as if the person across from you is wearing the mask of the Joker. You feel it. You know it’s there even through the smile and glistening teeth. You...
Read MoreIn our development toward a state of emotional liberation, most of us seem to experience three stages in the way we relate to others. Stage 1:In this stage, known as...
Read MoreAnonymity on the Silver ScreenJoin Together spoke with Greg Williams, producer of “The Anonymous People,” an independent documentary about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from addiction....
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