Category: Healing Mountain
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In my early life, I was, like many others, taught that the soul was a single thing, and that it would either be saved or damned forever depending on what I believed. That old teaching still leaves traces in my mind sometimes. It shows up as fear and dread, as a sense that I must…
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People use different tools to help them heal, and if something truly helps, then it is good. As I’ve written before, getting off alcohol was hard, but getting off benzodiazepines was even harder. The withdrawal hurt me badly and left scars I’m still healing from, but I’m doing better each day. Everyone in my recovery…
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When I was on benzos, and alcohol before that, I lived in anger.I was drowning my mind and my heart in chemicals every day, and it took a heavy toll. Getting off alcohol was difficult, but getting off benzos was far harder.It broke me down, but the healing that followed has been worth every struggle.Now…