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Finding Love after Sexual Abuse and Addiction

Posted on August 20, 2010 in Recovery

Sexual abuse and addiction are a double whammy. Which came first can seem irrelevant in the scheme of things when it’s your life under consideration. All you know is that you have a world of hurt, and it’s easier to escape in booze or pills or shooting dope than to face the horrid reality that your life currently is. Even if you try to kick your demons to the curb, the nightmares sicken you so much that you run back to the safety and sameness of your drug-induced calm. No wonder it’s so difficult for those with sexual abuse and addiction to either want to change or be able to change their lives – let alone find love in the aftermath.

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Waking Up From the Nightmare of Sexual and Substance Abuse

Posted on July 27, 2010 in Types of Addiction

Some things you just never forget, but especially the traumatic memories of sexual abuse. Is it any wonder that you turn to whatever you can to try to numb yourself out, to rid yourself, for whatever short period of time, of the painful reliving of that horrific experience or long-standing sexual abuse? Alcohol, illicit drugs, or prescription drugs used nonmedically – all take their toll. Over time, you may wind up seriously dependent upon or addicted to these substances. Worse yet, you still have your tortured thoughts. What can you do? There is hope. You can wake up from the nightmare of sexual and substance abuse. Here’s how.

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EMDR to Treat Underlying PTSD in Drug Addiction

EMDR to Treat Underlying PTSD in Drug Addiction

Posted on June 22, 2009 in Addiction Therapies, Featured

When a person experiences a traumatic event they often internalize the event and re-experience it. In effect, they are not only traumatized during the “activating” event, but every time something triggers a memory of the event. A traumatic event is an experience that causes physical, emotional, psychological distress, or harm. It is an event that is perceived and experienced as a threat to one’s safety or to the stability of one’s world.

The most well known cases of PTSD are seen in war veterans. Vietnam War vets who suffered from PTSD showed significant impairment in their ability to re-integrate into the “normal” (that is, non-combat) world. Many of these vets did not seek treatment, but even more disheartening is the fact that many probably could have been treated if effective programs had been available. Now with Iraq War veterans also showing significant signs of post-traumatic stress, we are poised to either end up with another generation of battle-rattled young men or to face the problem with the resources these war vets deserve.

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