We have been naturally selected to use fight, flight, freeze, or get help responses when we feel threatened.  That fourth one is often overlooked and underutilized.  When we choose an ineffective strategy such as “flighting” or avoiding our taxes we experience the pain...

Recovery is a journey not an event.  There is no "where" to arrive at, no destination, aside from this moment.  When family members and loved ones discuss a relapse into active substance addiction such as opiate, alcohol, cannabis or other abusable substances there ar...