Our Aging Selves

Category: Trauma/PTSD

  • What is addiction?

    What is addiction?

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    janeallisongreene
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    Addiction is a prevalent topic in our world these days. It usually refers to substances – drugs or alcohol (alcoholism). We know that Fentanyl overdoses outnumbered deaths from COVID-19 in 2020-21. Yet addiction can be about almost anything: food, exercise, shopping, money, religious practice. My favorite definition is that addiction is anything that takes you…

  • A Healing Crisis

    A Healing Crisis

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    janeallisongreene
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    I planned to get this blog site up six months ago, but circumstances prevented that from happening. In those months I completely retired, started an energetic exercise program, began hospital volunteering, and engaged in a committed relationship (for the first time in many years). And I ended up in the hospital physically and emotionally broken…