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Addiction & Recovery | Last Active: Apr 6, 2023 | Replies (70)
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@hisgrace6992

Agreed, I don't think denial was the issue, I think it was a lack of willingness to deal with the issues that caused me to turn to addiction. Often some of these issues were hidden childhood hurts that were not even recognized.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | May 23, 2019

I believe you are right about that, @hisgrace6992. Even denial has its roots in something else, doesn't it? Childhood hurts can certainly represent these roots of denial as you so aptly point out.

@savana1 @johnwhitfield and others reading this discussion,

Did you also discover the roots of your addiction/denial in traumatic experiences of childhood or another time in your life?

Please of course share, only as you are comfortable doing so.

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