The “Dance” of Love: The Love Addict vs The Love Avoidant
Author: Shernide Delva An article in Addiction Today recently delved deep into love addiction and avoidance. While reading it, there were definitely aspects that I related to and moments where I thought, “That sounds familiar!” We all cope with love and emotions differently. Personally, I find myself leaning on the love avoidant side, insecure with . . . . Continue Reading
Jim Carrey’s Prescription Drugs Suspected to Be Used in Catherine White’s Suicide
The internet and the news has been shook up and bogged down with the tragic story of Catherine White, Jim Carrey’s former girlfriend, who committed suicide. First we were hit with the shocking headline when the body of the 30 year old make-up artists from Ireland was discovered in her Los Angeles home, and then . . . . Continue Reading
3 Ways to Stop Idolizing “Control” in Your Eating DIsorder
Control is the heart of many people’s experience of eating disorders, especially eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia. Eating disorders are an attempt to regain a sense of control through controlling one aspect of your life. For example, you might combat feelings of loneliness by controlling your food intake. As the pounds shed, you suddenly . . . . Continue Reading
Genetic Predisposition to Trauma and Depression
Depression and trauma often coexist in an incredibly chaotic connection with one another, both of which often lead to other serious issues including alcoholism, substance abuse and addiction. Depression is no easy thing to face, and a childhood trauma or even something dramatic experienced as an adult can get stuck in the mind on repeat . . . . Continue Reading
Study Reveals Alcohol Does Not Affect Memory of Rape
Here’s the scenario: You have a bit too much to drink and something happens to you that you never would have expected. You were taken advantage of and sexually assaulted. But you were intoxicated. Should you report it? And if you do, how legitimate will the case be in court? Unfortunately, this scenario is all . . . . Continue Reading
Shame Resilience Huge in Recovery
Today we live in a society that has found a new lease on the word ‘shame’ with a variety of terms to identify how people use social media, advertising, bullying and other forms of both public and private communication to put down or subjugate a specific type of person for one reason or another. You . . . . Continue Reading
Hundreds March through Patterson to Support Fight against Addiction
My birth town is making me proud this week… In a display of hope against the pitfalls of addiction, hundreds of people marched through Patterson, New Jersey on Saturday Morning in the 5th Annual Passaic Country Recovery Walk. Many of the participants were recovering drug addicts and alcoholics who emerged from the grips of addiction . . . . Continue Reading
Close to $80 Million Will Be Used to Test Backlogged Rape Kits
Author: Shernide Delva Often survivors of rape and sexual abuse look for an escape by turning to drugs and/or alcohol to cope with their unpleasant emotions. Emotions like shame, guilt, embarrassment, loneliness and anger are numbed out through using substances. Failure to address the initial psychological damage associated with sexual violence is even associated with . . . . Continue Reading
3 Signs I Ignored When I Had an Eating Disorder
Today, I spent some time looking at old journal entries and it reminded me of the years I spent in my adolescence obsessing over my weight. I remember carrying a food journal with me at all times and writing what I ate in it. I remember frantically rushing home from school to research the calorie content. . . . . Continue Reading
Number of Drug Addicted Babies Born Has Quadrupled
Recently, I wrote an article about how states like Ohio are pushing for treatment, rather than criminalization, in order to decrease the staggering amount of babies being born with drug addictions. Now, a new statistic just came out that revealed the number of drug addicted babies born in the US has QUADRUPLED in just one . . . . Continue Reading