PROJECTION - BLOCKS TO RECOVERY CONTIN..

As we begin the New yr. I want to re-focus on the 'blocks to recovery' theme that I began in the early winter.
Today's video looks at the issue of projection!




Peace,
Brian
www.innercare.org
info@innercare.org

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Wishing all bloggers and followers a peace filled Christmastide!

Blocks to recovery continued...

Sorry folks to not blog for some time!
I've been ultra busy running Addiction retreats and I intend to publish updates over the next week looking at:

• projection {unknowingly putting part of my inner self onto another and reacting} as a recovery issue;
• somatic issues {emotional pain stored as physical pain} and its 'undoing';
• confluence/merging {no boundaries} and the polarity of isolation and it's role in co-dependency/counter dependency.

I'll talk you thru my take on these recovery/healing traps and address solutions for each one.

Peace,
Brian

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p. 1-604-746-1164

Blocks to recovery - Part 3.

In the struggle to leave drink, drugs etc. behind the recovering person will be faced with trying to let go of 'old messages', negative thoughts, stinking thinking etc.

There are basically 3 approaches that can be taken here:

• Reject the message... even if it is a healthy message! So, the recovering person cannot take in any help or valid information etc.
• Introject the message... this is 'swallowing hook line and sinker'! Here there is no discrimination or thought taken about the message/thought/belief... it is simply internalized in an unreflected manner.
• Reflection on the message/though/belief... this allows for a kind of chewing over the issue to see if it will work for the person and their recovery. This is obviously the healthy option.

This distorted thinking process is behind all addictions and compulsions need to be unpicked in the early recovery process. This is a kind of detoxification process from unhealthy thinking... it requires much reflection and new tools... Cognitive therapies and Gestalt therapy have much to offer here.

Let me know if you need any advice.
Peace,
Brian

1-604-746-1164
Innercare Services International Inc.
Based in British Columbia... serving the world!

blocks to recovery - part 2.

In early recovery form addictions the addict/alcoholic is faced with emerging thoughts and feelings as well as the challenge of interpersonal relations…there are a variety of reactions such as:
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• The healthy option is to stay focused and aware of whatever is emerging.

There are typically two other unhealthy paths:
• Being rude… to distance people who might `get too close` and further threaten any addictive process.
• Deflecting … getting completely off the topic to avoid any helpful dialogue.
In the therapeutic process the recovering person is guided toward remaining in a state of awareness in order to learn to face the issues at hand… rather than numb them out via drink, drugs, food, sex, gambling etc.
Let me know your thoughts

Peace,
Brian

info@innercare.org

blocks to recovery - part 1.

In early recovery from addictions the addict/alcoholic is faced with the thaw of long repressed feelings… there are a variety of reactions such as:

• Numbing;
• Sensation;
• Fragmentation.

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The healthy option is clearly to remain aware of emerging sensations without shutting down or becoming overwhelmed … possible leading to Hyperventilation, Panic etc. In this early stage there is the task of staying with sensation until they grow into an emotional state when they can then be fully felt etc. Obviously there needs to be enough therapeutic support and guidance to enable the person in early recovery to stay with emerging sensation and emotion without using or drinking, gambling etc.

Let me know your thoughts.

Peace,

Brian

info@innercare.org
Innercare Services International Inc.

Missing a piece of the inner puzzle?

Many of our clients are simply looking for a 'missing piece of the puzzle".
They are deeply unhappy and are looking for peace, or are seeking to find out what lies deep within that needs identified and healed, in order for them to lead a fuller life... addiction free and have sound mental health.

But, these missing pieces are an accumulation of years of ignoring facing the tough existential questions:

• Who really am I? ...Beyond my addiction/roles/current knowledge?
  
• What is love?... not narcissism! nor counter or codependency... the very essence of love?
  
• What is life itself... it's truth? etc.

Psychotherapy and spiritual advisers are the professionals who can help resolve these essential questions in the search for meaning in life /recovery. I offer intensive retreats as an alternative to rehab to fast track or deepen recovery and healing.

Blog, call or email me if you need any other info.

Peace,
Brian
e. info@innercare.org
p. 1-604-746-1164 or 1163
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