Our whole lives we are constantly looking outside of ourselves for approval and to fit in. This happens first a child - when we adapt to meet our parents needs so that we can get approval.Then, as we…
We who have a dissociative addiction disorder may experience too much and intrusions occur. Intrusions happen when one dissociative part intrudes into the experience of another and this may take plac…
Dissociated chronic Addiction disorder When we have been trapped by addictions in situations over which we had little or no control at the beginning, middle or end, we carry an intense sense of drea…
Message to ourselves why are we disturbed on the internet and our child within feels intimidated we are reviewing the use of Memes at the ten stages. The Ten Stages are by their nature gentle and sel…
The real need to maintain a meditation practice.We the dissociated in recovery try to maintain our outward facade without the relief from the racing mind - and the resulting overwhelming emotions - t…
Dissociation Addiction Disorders are a set of learned responses and a failure to complete numerous important developmental tasks. This means that it is environmentally, not genetically, caused. In ot…
We with a dissociative addiction disorder may experience too much and intrusions may occur. Intrusions happen when one dissociative part intrudes into the experience of another and this may take plac…
Dissociative Addiction Disorders (DAD) involve a loss of certain cognitive functions, therefore meaning you can experience too little. This can be things such as amnesia, loss of a skill or piece of…
Dissociation involves many symptoms that range from mild to severe and temporary to chronic. We who have a dissociative addiction disorders, our symptoms are chronic and interfere with daily life. We…
Dissociative addiction parts of our personality are not actually separate identities in one body, but rather parts of a single individual that are not yet functioning together in a smooth, coordinate…
Gazing into a mirror, what is it that you see? You see a reflection of the person others see when they look at you. If the mirror should be shattered you would then see not just one, but many refle…
If we as survivors of abuse do not gain awareness and understanding of our abuse issues after we get sober, then we will remain in the grips of the trauma and its aftershock. It is the unconscious fa…
Issues for the survivor of Dissociation Addiction Disorders, if they are entering traditional treatment for addiction or AA, is that many of the methods used are counter productive. Angry, forceful c…
Dissociation Addiction Disorder is not a mental illness with a biological cause, but rather the result of a series of developmental adaptations in the brain to a difficult early life environment. It …
Trauma that leads to the escape through addictions doesn’t just affect the mind and the emotions. It profoundly affects the brain and the body too. Often ‘the body remembers’ what the mind cannot.Why…
We can point you to the child within you. Maybe you will awaken to the direct experience of your child. Maybe you will catch the fire of the transmission of your truth. But there is one thing that no…
Anybody can awaken to the truth of full recovery. And yet, when it is realised, often we who has committed a large portion of our life to the recovery path are more readily able to let go and flow wi…
Part of living our true ten stage recovery and not our shadow recovery is being able to LIVE in and with uncertainty. It's about trusting completely our perfect child within to have our back. It's ab…
If we don’t allow ourselves to feel and be honest about what’s inside our child within without judgement – we can never really change.We can change our clothes, we can change our diet and we can star…
Pain in our life will happen.It just will.The question you want to ask yourself is, “What does this pain mean?”Does it mean that life is against you?Does it mean that you are worthless?Does it mean t…
The thing that we've come to see over and over again when we come to a new recovery with us is that we already know what they want. We already know what our recovery dreams are. We already know what …
Our child within’s self-esteem reflects how we feel about ourself and contributes to how we approach our world. Although our level of self-esteem can vary slightly from day to day, we have a general …
