Learning ways to regulate a dysregulated nervous system became the real work for my recovery.
I didn’t realize that recovery would mean unveiling a lifetime of C-PTSD while relearning how to live with my nervous system, my past and my present.
Addiction is not simply a lack of willpower or a moral deficiency— it’s a chronic disease involving brain circuitry, behaviour and environment.
Healing isn’t necessarily about becoming someone new—it’s about remembering who you were and truly embracing who you want to become without letting yourself stand in the way.