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TERRY'S STORY PTSD and Recovery from Alcohol and Other Drugs Though identifying details, including his name, have been changed, the story is true. Terry left much pain behind when he went to college on a partial scholarship half way across the country. He never looked back, except to try and get his brother Jason to join him. Jason had stayed, trying to fix the unfixable family until the day that Jason gave up, tragically, by killing himself. When Terry returned to where his brother had killed himself, it had already been cleaned up. There were just a few speckles that had been missed and Terry found them.
As Terry sat in my office, Terry was looking at the walls in my office but seeing a white tiled bathroom with tiny specs of red.
As a young counselor, I knew that I had to help Terry to get out of that bathroom, this time and every time. For Terry, getting stuck in that bathroom meant relapse, first to alcohol, and then to what ever else might temporarily numb the pain. I did not want him going back into that bathroom until he knew how to get out on his own. Once he knew how to get out and how to stay out, then he could choose just to look back at the pain and not to go back into it.
Learning to stay in the HERE & NOW meant never having to look back at all, or at least never having to look back until it was safe to do so, until it would not lead to relapse.
Leaning to stay in the HERE & NOW meant staying clean and sober long enough to build a strong recovery before ever choosing to look back. If emotional pain stops you from recovering click the link and let me help you to learn how to get out of the pain. Schedule a session today. Click the tab for "On Line Counseling" at the top left and follow the links to schedule a session.
You too can learn the seven simple steps to getting out of the pain and into the HERE & NOW. And then practice them, and practice them. You can do that much for yourself to see if it can work for you.
I can be there by phone or in person, or on line by chat or email to support and guide, encourage and train you as you practice getting out of th pain. Stress can be managed, anger can be lessened,
children can behave better, and relationships can be fun again. Trauma can be resolved, healing can happen,
and people can move forward. Counseling can help.
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Helping people move forward.
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