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Hi Killashandra, there is plenty of help available, many resources to explore. First off, getting an understanding of the nature of addiction: it's always a symptom of underlying unhappiness, and there will be reasons for this unhappiness, that you can explore with a therapist once you've...

Thankyou ITL :)

Good point Eve, I have requested a pre-fix change, thanks Chris

Dear All, I'm pretty sure I've arrived at the right place, feels right, and the heartfelt welcome I've received from you all confirms that. Thank you for hearing me, it's a shame that we were brought here, but a boon that there is a place for folk like us who deal with what we have to deal with...

My T spoke about a card from a kind of Nordic tarot. Odin, Thor's Dad, is hanging upside down from a tree, the story goes that he is lowered into the hell realms, and surfaces again with one eye plucked out. It's called the way of the "wyrd", old English spelling. It's where you lose all your...

Hi NWKW, I have a ton of stuff I have put off for weeks, and today I said "Yes, I will do it, but not today, as I do not feel very well and need to rest", wish I could take a whole life time off, and read my wish list :) I've heard of Alan Watts, and tried meditation for years without much...

Ooooh, that looks right up my street, thanks for the link Ladee, and thank you for the warm welcome! Yes, I realise that my effectiveness as a parent, the love I can give, is directly related to the love I can give myself. My kid knows she is loved, her mother and I maybe over compensate...

Hi Enalia, it's work, work and more work isn't it, peeling the layers. As soon as I think I've reached a plateau, I'm moved on to the next challenge. It's probably the hardest thing we'll ever undertake, feels like that at the moment, though I like that quote, goes something like "never met a...

Thanks P4P, looks like a good forum doesn't it, I'm glad we found it :)

Hi everyone, I posted yesterday in an inner child thread as I just needed to communicate, but have realised this is where I should have formally introduced myself. Very glad I have found this forum, as I want to engage with folk in recovery and healing. Feeling quite isolated with the recovery...