“Sometimes I feel so happy that my heart — I feel like I’m having like a big, good pain in my heart,” she said. “I just want to continue.” Giving the individuals that she counsels at The Victory Connector, a low-threshold navigation center in the neighborhood run by the nonprofit Vanderburgh House, a feeling of care, a […]
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“The therapists’ responsibility is primarily to follow and facilitate rather than direct the experience” 24, p. 31. It should be noted that a contract is made before the session that if the traumatic event does not come up spontaneously the therapist will bring it up, but the authors report that thus far the event has […]
She notes that it can help to avoid your triggers as much as possible in early recovery, since triggers are often most intense when you first stop drinking. Internal triggerstypically involve memories, thoughts, emotions, or physical sensations that prompt the urge to drink. Most people who experience cravings notice how to stop alcohol cravings a […]