Addiction Recovery Support

It begins as temporary pleasure, but it becomes compulsive.

Addiction can be any behavior, substance, or process that gives you temporary relief from distress.

Sex, the Internet, relationships, shopping, and work…

You may turn to alcohol or pills to numb memories you want to forget.

It begins with pain… and it ends with pain.

You don’t know how to get a handle on the challenges or pain that plague you. And now, they’re destroying your life. They’re leading you down a road of self-sabotage.

You were already hanging on by a thread at work because of your poor performance. If you show up late again and unproductive, it’s the last strike.

When did you last spend time with your family? They don’t recognize the person you’ve become, and your addiction is ruining your marriage.

You promised your roommate you’d do your part this month, but here she is, covering your half of the rent for another month. The money you should use to keep a roof over your head is going to online gambling sites.

Despite the negative consequences, you can’t give it up.

As addiction develops and progresses, it affects brain function and becomes a “disease of the brain.”

When children are abused, their brains don’t develop properly. Their brains create pathways that affirm ideas like “Mother doesn’t want me,” “I am defective,” or “I am bad.”

Let’s call this “carried shame,” the shame that says, “I do not have value and worth.” This shame is so painful and distressful it can be passed on from generation to generation.