When the purpose of recovery isn’t to be just replacing one unhealthy coping mechanism with another. It becomes necessary to understand and have a high awareness of where our feelings of anger, sadness, loneliness, happiness, etc. come from and then be able to allow ourselves to feel without the need to “make” the “bad” feelings go away.
Addiction can be compared to a smartphone app. Like most Americans nowadays, I have a smartphone that I rely on to get through the technical aspects of my day. …
Memories of past wrongs can create pain, even years after the painful event has passed. So if we are still suffering, then why would we even consider forgiving the person who caused the pain?
Overthinking? How many of you laughed because this meme describes you? We don’t often think about having an addiction to our thinking, but the truth is that overthinking is one of …