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Which Type of Addiction Treatment Program is Right For You?
When it comes time to enroll in a drug and alcohol treatment program, one decision you’ll have to make is which type of program is best suited to help you successfully stop using substances and start your recovery journey. Picking the right rehab program is essential for long-term recovery. Although treatment doesn’t cure addiction, it can help you address the underlying reasons for your addiction and teach you how to make lifestyle changes that are conducive to sobriety.
By Hailey Parks5 years ago in Psyche
Choose Your Own Adventure Playlist
As a kid, I always loved the promise that came with a new book. The added bonus of choosing my own adventure gave me a feeling of power over the narrative. Now as a writer, every story I craft is my own little adventure. I decide the tone and the feel of every scene and I rarely know where it’s going to take me. With this playlist method I’ve crafted, I can visualize the scene I want to write and handpick a soundscape to match. When I finally come out of the scene and take a look around me, it suddenly occurs to me that I had left my body and been transported directly into the story. I become so engrossed that I can easily be frightened by someone just walking into the room because it creates such a sudden shift in my reality.
By Mike Walker5 years ago in Psyche
I'm Not Taking It Anymore
I do not want to be me anymore. Is it impossible to change who you are? Let me describe myself a little bit. I am 43. A wife of 24 years. A mom to a 21 year old and an 18 year old. I also just became a grandmother to the cutest little girl in the world.
By Emma Merritt5 years ago in Psyche
Music That Moves My Bipolar Soul and The Playlist That Steadies The Pendulum
I have always loved music. My Mother likes to say that I could sing before I could talk and my daughter Rosaleen inherited that from me. Long before she could string a coherent sentence together she could sing the full score from Frozen. In my day it was Snow White. Rosaleen is like me in so many ways. She looks just like me when I was her age. She has my eyes, my nose and my whacky hairline with blonde curls that can't choose any kind of direction to fall in.
By Clara Elizabeth Hamilton Orr Burns5 years ago in Psyche
Weep & Mourn Your Way to "Zen"
For the past 8 months I've been on an intentional healing journey learning how to BE in my body and stay present with all of her painful and uncomfortable sensations - which, is hard AF considering the fact that I've been viscerally realizing that I am an empath and a Highly Sensitive Person. The more I sit with ALL the sensations that come through this vessel of mine, the more I can feel and tune into the emotional, spiritual, and even physical pain and discomfort of those around me - which wreaks havoc on my nervous system (D:) Along my journey I've learned that reaching a state of "zen" takes my body, mind, and spirit hellaaa time and heartwork.
By Chaski K’uychi5 years ago in Psyche
Money can’t buy happiness, but can you be paid to be happy?
Early into the course Be Happy: How to Bring More Joy to Your Life participants are asked the following: “Please introduce yourself to the class. Who are you? Why did you decide to join the class? What are you hoping to learn?” My answer was blunt:
By Buck Hardcastle5 years ago in Psyche
#BellLetsTalk pt. 2
Let’s talk about why we even need to talk. Why we need to talk but even more why we need to be listened to. Or about why we stay quiet although our actions may be cries for help. That our fears may overrule our tries at seeking help. That there are those out there suffering yet seem to enjoy making others suffer just as much or even worse. That being alone and being on your own get confused to the point where loneliness becomes great. That being not okay is not okay no matter how privileged one seems to be or how privileged ones are blessed to be. Being not ok is still not ok or ever meant to be an acceptable matter. That every life is important and we need to remember and embrace individuality so we may be able to find more to relate to on our story.
By Keanna Barry 5 years ago in Psyche
Imprisoned
Imprisoned in my own spacious, vibrant and cotton-candy colored apartment room. Unable to feel the freshness of nature and touch the wind with my nose and face. I’m longing to hug my family, embrace my beloved friends, fly freely as an eagle, and become an “unmasked” woman. I crave the sound of people, the calmness of the library, the cool touch of nature, and the joys of liberation. Lockdown is like prison, in your home instead of a dark and ominous reformatory.
By Talia Devora5 years ago in Psyche
