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Addiction & Recovery | Last Active: Oct 21 6:07am | Replies (133)
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I am studying Social Work now that I am sober. My past degrees (while using) have helped me some, but not in the job world. I truly believe that most mental health issues and addictions are trauma based, although I believe that there may be a genetic component. It is hard to say. Neither of my parents are addicts, however, on my dad's side alcoholism is huge. That being said, there is also a lot of abuse on his side (generational).
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Genetic dysfunction is by definition, trauma, inherited trauma is trauma, nonetheless
We inherit the sins of our fathers and our mothers is quite literal not just metaphorical.
All human behavior is a function of biology and environment. Imbalance or entropy, trauma leads to an imbalance in leverage, love, whatever you might want to call it.
Stability is a natural state if we are not in alignment something is out of balance and it isn’t some mystical thing.
There are four pillars to alignment, body, mind, spirit, and environment. When they’re in dynamic balance, we thrive when they’re out of balance, we don’t.
Disease , dysfunction, whatever you want to call it all fall into one of these four categories and usually breaches boundaries of each.
The medicalization of all illness is an artifact of a scarcity based economy that looks to profit in order to heal. It’s absurd in the extreme.
It is and will change because of people like you who committed to making a difference. I’m happy for your sobriety and thrilled to know you found purpose in your suffering just as I have.
May you enjoy peace and good health all of your days.