Here’s some information on complex PTSD.  My complex ptsd was misdiagnosed for a few years as Borderline Personality Disorder.http://childhoodtraumarecovery.com/2015/03/31/complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-and-misdiagnosis/

http://www.giftfromwithin.org/html/safety.html

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So once you get sober and involved in a program of recovery, you are the only one responsible for success. And the crucial ingredient is willingness.

In an age where others are always to blame for problems, it can be difficult to recognize personal responsibility in a program…[Read more]

https://www.thefix.com/trauma-informed-interpretation-aa-step-four

http://www.womboflight.com/the-holy-simplicity-of-sitting-with-our-pain/
<div id=”stcpDiv” style=”position: absolute; top: -1999px; left: -1988px;”>To an unhealed inner child, the only way it knows how to soothe itself is to act in accordance with the patterns that were imprinted by the family of origin, but usually those are precisely the…[Read more]

http://www.soberrecovery.com/addiction/the-basics-of-al-anon/

I’ve been doing alot of research on codependency.  What I’m figuring out sober is that I was drinking so many codependent behaviors away.  Or I was attempting to.  Now sober I realize this is something I need to face in order to stay sober.

http://www.woundedsouls.com/index.php/dance-of-suffering

https://www.sobernation.com/codependency-roles-in-an-addictive-family-system/#utm_sguid=167060,ca136968-70a7-4112-a996-6b3d9eb326fb

https://www.sobernation.com/your-comprehensive-guide-to-helping-addicted-loved-ones/#utm_sguid=167060,b2ed76ab-d0c4-fc66-c6cc-dfaebd4423fa