Sat across from someone this week who finally understood: their addiction was never about the substance. It was about the pain underneath it.
Trauma is the root. The substance was the branch. You can cut branches all day — but until you tend to the root, something new just grows back.
#Recovery #Trauma #Addiction #Healing
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Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Do Not Solve Problems; They Rather Increase Them
Life is filled with challenges. At different stages, people experience disappointment, financial difficulties, broken relationships, grief, loneliness, failure, rejection, unemployment, stress and uncertainty about the future. When the weight of these problems becomes overwhelming, some people turn to alcohol or drugs believing that these substances will help them escape their pain. However, what appears to be an escape is often only a temporary hiding place from reality.Alcoholism and drug […] -
CW: Brains, blood & gore.