1979
Billy Flynn is an ex-champion boxer who was KO'd by booze and gambling. When the wealthy, estranged mother of his young son begins trying to lure the boy away from him, Flynn must return to the ring to provide for his child.
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“For your husband, your illness may have made him acutely aware of not just your mortality, but also his own.”
Here is the first of a few excerpts from Bradshaw On: Homecoming...Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child.
Claudia Black speaks to the faulty beliefs connected to issues of addiction and recovery and the relationship to unhealthy shame stemming from trauma.
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A far-ranging examination of how the effects of addiction and trauma in the family can reverberate for generations. Trauma and addictive disorders are often a result of psychological injuries experienced as a child.
I have Complex PTSD [Cptsd] and wrote this book from the perspective of someone who has experienced a great reduction of symptoms over the years. I also wrote it from the viewpoint of someone who has discovered many silver linings in the long, windy, bumpy road of recovering from Cptsd.
Addiction, whether to drugs or other behaviors . . . is always a compensation for the sense of being devalued as a human being.
What if we replaced the word "addict" with: “A human being who suffered so much that he or she finds in drugs or some other behavior a temporary escape from that suffering"?
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There are legitimate uses of opioids in the treatment of physical pain. There is no legitimate use in the treatment of emotional pain.
In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank lays out the low down on PTSD and how trauma can affect the brain. Plus, a look at how addiction can play into trauma and the different types of treatments used to help those afflicted.
What really causes addiction - to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions.