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Hypervigilance, Trauma, and Addiction: When Your Body Never Feels Safe
Content Warning: This article discusses trauma, addiction, substance use, withdrawal, relapse, abuse, and mental health. Please read with care. 💜 Since September is National Recovery Month, I have been thinking about the pieces of addiction we do not discuss nearly enough. We talk about the substance, sobriety, relapse, and consequences—but not always what someone may…
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Mini Detour – It’s National Recovery Month!
The Numbers Are Going Down. That Doesn’t Mean We’re Done. Content Warning: This post discusses addiction, overdose, fentanyl, drug-related deaths, and emerging substances in the illegal drug supply. Please read with care. 💜 I have been so damn busy the last couple of weeks that I honestly hadn’t comprehended how far into the month we…
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Trying to Earn Today Without Giving Up What I’m Building
I have been writing a different piece, but I have been incredibly hesitant to release it for many reasons. My gut is telling me to wait, and I need to listen. I am not even sure I have worded it in a way that truly encompasses what I am trying to say, so I will…
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Mini Detour on my Monday Route
The Painting I Didn’t Know I Needed *If you look close enough, I realized as I was writing this, I believe there is a woman “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” — Melody Beattie Things have been a little stressful lately. Between trying to start…
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When Family Loyalty Requires You to Abandon Yourself
This post discusses family dysfunction, addiction, abuse, estrangement, grief, and boundaries. Please read with care. 💚💜 “Blood doesn’t make you family. Loyalty does.” — Eric Thomas When Loyalty Becomes Self-Abandonment Family loyalty is a beautiful thing.And it should be. At its healthiest, loyalty means loving people through difficult times, supporting one another, telling the truth,…
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