Burning Down the House: My Decision to Quit Alcohol.
You are not crazy, alcohol is making you feel like shit. Listen to yourself, not the booze. Booze has been lying to you from the start.
Browsing Tag:
addiction
Aliveness Is the Antithesis of Addiction.
For me, addiction was distrusting the capacity of life to regenerate itself into anything new, life-affirming, good, loving or safe.
They Came Knocking. {poetry}
“Remember that there is beauty to be found in madness.The darker the night, the brighter the stars.The rougher the Rapids, the smoother the stone.The greater the struggle, the deeper the love.” ~ A. R. Lucas Addiction. It came knocking. And I, without thinking, answered. I answered ...
Love Addiction Is Real: How to Understand You Are in Its Grip.
This is how I come to realize, through inner pain, that I have love addiction and he is either the love-avoidant or the emotionally unavailable man.
Healing from Spiritual Capitalism.
Healing is sold to us as a product to be consumed. Whole industries capitalize on it while gaslighting us, perpetrating the same traumas it claims to heal.
Dreamscape: All Things Change, So Why Shouldn’t I? {Poetry}
In my mind, things are different -- I think that is always the case.
I don’t care about drama,
I care about
the trees, yet that is somewhat dramatic.
I Want a Free Man, Not an Addict.
Yes, I speak Addict 101. I’m fluent in your language. It’s my native tongue. But I’m enchanted by a new magical language now.
The Connection Between Addiction and Disconnect.
Ask for support when you are feeling the disconnect. Having a community to lean on means we don’t have to go the path alone.
Love and Compulsion Cannot Coexist.
She uses her compulsion as a salve, as self-punishment, as an escape from her pain, as control, and as avoidance. It is bigger than she is.
Finally Getting Free: A Felony for My Family.
This is about what I was willing to do to fix what I knew had torn my beautiful family apart. Like I said, if a person wants something bad enough, they will figure out a way to get it, even if it means stealing a car left running in the middle of the street and blindly head north.