Month: November 2016
Let it Go- Learning to Let Go of Resentment
‘Time heals everything’ is often a saying people use to comfort someone who is grieving. For some, bad experiences may simply be bad experiences. For others, it can be a traumatic event. Painful memories can create challenges for individuals in many ways. It can affect a person’s mental and physical health, create difficulties in developing … Read more
When Emotions Drive the Bus to the Bar
By Jeff Vircoe In the darker years of my addiction, there were times that I would come to. No, not wake up. Come to – out of a blackout. My first thought was usually, “I did it again.” Like clockwork, the next sound stampeding through my fragile skull, like hooves clattering on rain-soaked cobblestones, was … Read more
Addiction Was a Sleeping Giant in My Family
If you were to look at my baby pictures you would have seen a smiling child. I was laughing and dancing around my loving and supportive home. Addiction was a sleeping giant in my family. Sleeping in the literal and figurative sense of the word. My uncle and my grandfather would often hit the couch … Read more
When Recovery Happens, Addiction Will Collapse
Why does addiction matter? Why do we need to talk about it? That continues to be the main theme for National Addiction Awareness Week 2016 #NAAWCanada taking place from November 13 to 19 in Canada. The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) along with other organizations across the country will bring attention to and discuss … Read more
