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Phoenix Addiction Counselling Services
is a specialized practice that offers confidential counselling
to support clients through the process of recovery from
alcohol, drug, gambling, computer, and smoking misuse
- Addictions, whether they are Alcohol.
Cocaine, Heroin, Methamphetamine, Cannabis (pot), Prescription
Drugs, Nicotine, Computer/Internet or Gambling, are about
trying to satisfy a need that cannot be constructively
filled by the compulsive drug or behavior.
- Addictions create terrible stresses
on health, families, relationships, and work.
- One of the most devastating side-effect
is a feeling of hopelessness.
- The good news is that you can break
the hold. It requires commitment, and non-judgmental,
experienced support, but it most definitely can be done.
- Recovery is not only about abstinence
—AA uses the term “dry drunk” to describe
those who are not using, but still have not reached a
stage of emotional balance. True recovery is to find meaning
and a sense of belonging , to be able to cope with the
joys and sorrows of everyday life, and to have respect
and compassion for yourself.
- Recovery is not a direct, linear journey,
but a path with detours. The important thing is to learn
from the detours, and to persist, to have hope.
Underlying issues for addictive behavior
are many, but trauma is a major one.
Trauma can be described as “Any
event or process that is so overwhelming that it causes
fear, terror, and helplessness, emotional numbing, detachment
and a sense of being disconnected from the world and the
people around you.”
Trauma can result from one time incidents
or from long-term abuse or neglect.
Trauma can be overcome. I have the training
and the techniques to help you recover.
Sarah L. Topham is a registered
Clinical Counsellor, with fifteen years of experience in
addictions therapy in Vancouver, BC.
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