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Maude changed their profile picture 7 years, 11 months ago
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Maude started the topic On Complex PTSD in the forum
Dual Diagnosis 8 years agoHere’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/
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Maude started the topic Trauma and Addiction in the forum
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Maude started the topic Step 1 in AA-Why you aren't powerless. in the forum
Alcohol Recovery Group 8 years, 5 months ago”
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]
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Maude started the topic Trauma and the 4th Step in the forum
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Maude replied to the topic Difficulties W/ mental disorders and alcoholism in the forum
Dual Diagnosis 8 years, 5 months agoFor twenty five years I wasn’t properly medicated for my bipolar. Alcohol was my quick fix for the symptoms. I was in and out of therapists and shrinks all those years. But I couldn’t let any of the medication work because of my binge drinking. I would be hypomanic too and gun ho about getting help but then I would come crashing down. It wasn…[Read more]
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Maude posted an update in the group
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Maude posted an update in the group
Dual Diagnosis 8 years, 6 months agoHey everyone I’m Maude and I’m an alcoholic. I’m excited about this forum. I have bipolar 2 and complex ptsd. I was basically untreated for twenty five years. It wasn’t until I was properly medicated for my bipolar 2 and did some work on my ptsd that I was even really able to participate in AA. 60% of addicts have a cocurring mental/mood…[Read more]
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Wow. I never knew about CPTSD. Amazing. I relate to it. I too was diagnosed borderline although that was later replaced with bipolar 1. Mental health roulette I guess.
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Maude posted an update in the group
Women in Recovery 8 years, 6 months agoI wanted to share this quote that I love:
“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”It makes me think of Step 4. I’m not quite ready yet to move from Step 3 but this quote reminds me that I must move forward with thi…[Read more]
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Maude posted an update in the group
Women in Recovery 8 years, 7 months ago -
Maude started the topic The Holy Simplicity of Sitting with Our Pain in the forum
Women in Recovery 8 years, 9 months agohttp://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] -
Maude started the topic The Basics of Al Anon in the forum
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Maude started the topic Codependence-The Dance of Wounded Souls in the forum
Women in Recovery 8 years, 9 months agoI’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
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Maude started the topic Gabor Mate – Childhood Trauma/Stress and Addiction in the forum
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Maude started the topic Codependency Roles In an Addictive Family System in the forum
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Maude started the topic Your Comprehensive Guide To Helping Addicted Loved Ones in the forum
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