Frank Brown

This reminds me a bit of a well-documented psychological pattern. When a child is neglected or abused by a caregiver, they face a brutal choice: They

people who experience trauma think they can get back to who they were. And she disagrees. She says it’s more about making peace with the person you ha

“It teaches you acceptance, it teaches you tolerance, it teaches you compassion, it teaches you resiliency, and at the end of the day you say, ‘I’ll t

Knowing things was my family's spiritual path

the road to recovery is paved with self-acceptance.

"True acceptance is very, very, very had; but true acceptance has been the key to my recovery, to my tranquility and happiness. I needed to accept tha

Fear is the answer. I think, at the bottom, I was afraid to get sober. I was afraid that I couldn’t do it, I was afraid that I couldn’t cope with life