{"quotes":[{"text":"He's been injecting the anti-aging hormone into his wife.","author":"Dianne Harman","tags":["addiction-and-recovery","anti-aging","psychological-thriller","suspense"],"id":7419,"author_id":"Dianne+Harman"},{"text":"If you can stop using substance or stop your addictive behavior for extended periods of time without craving, you are not dependent. You are dependent only if you can't stop without physical or psychological distress (you have unpleasant physical and/or psychological withdrawal symptoms) or if you stop and then relapse.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["addiction","addiction-and-recovery","alcohol-addiction","alcoholism","chris-prentiss","drug-addiction","non-12-step","passages-malibu","passages-ventura","pax-prentiss","relapse","withdrawal"],"id":17044,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"Top lines to a human being who tends to isolate (an avoidant) would mean they make an effort to talk to another human being when the opportunity arises. A top line can also mean that, whether we feel like it or not, we are committed to our recovery and to improving our emotional and professional life. The idea of ‘top lines’ is not to be hard on ourselves or to put us in a position where we feel unsafe or burnt out. It’s a way to avoid missing opportunities to learn, serve and grow.","author":"Christopher Dines","tags":["addiction","addiction-and-recovery","addictive-behaviour","addictiveness","top-lines","twelve-step-fellowships"],"id":26768,"author_id":"Christopher+Dines"},{"text":"Love addicts often pick partners who are emotionally unavailable because deep down, they don’t feel worthy of having a healthy, loving relationship. A love addict craves and obsesses about becoming enmeshed or ‘one’ with another human being at all costs, even if it means putting themselves in potential danger.","author":"Christopher Dines","tags":["addiction","addiction-and-recovery","addictive-behaviour","addictiveness","love-addiction","love-addicts"],"id":29927,"author_id":"Christopher+Dines"},{"text":"I don’t think I’ve ever met an addict in long-term recovery who hasn’t gone through at least one traumatic childhood experience. Research indicates that one traumatic event in childhood is as grave as continuous combat in a war zone. A traumatic event during childhood can leave a grave imprint on the human body.","author":"Christopher Dines","tags":["addiction","addiction-and-recovery","addictive-behaviour","addictiveness"],"id":43146,"author_id":"Christopher+Dines"},{"text":"Always make your familial environment a safe and inviting place.","author":"Asa Don Brown","tags":["addiction","addiction-and-recovery","child","children","dr-asa-don-brown","family","relationships","the-sober-world-magazine"],"id":44682,"author_id":"Asa+Don+Brown"},{"text":"When we seek to escape from inner conflict and pain, we are running away from unresolved childhood trauma or original pain. Most people with serious addictive natures who are in the process of recovery have found that trauma played a huge role in escalating their addictions. It certainly did for me.","author":"Christopher Dines","tags":["addiction","addiction-and-recovery","addictive-behaviour","addictiveness"],"id":54915,"author_id":"Christopher+Dines"},{"text":"Did she answer my email yet?' That's the new obesity.","author":"Tom Rachman","tags":["addiction-and-recovery","social-media"],"id":58533,"author_id":"Tom+Rachman"},{"text":"The process of recovering from addictiveness happens at a deeper level of consciousness and through feeling our pain without using old addictive fixes. There is no escaping that getting in touch with our original pain is the touchstone to mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.","author":"Christopher Dines","tags":["addiction","addiction-and-recovery","addictiveness","consciousness","family-of-origin","grief","grief-and-loss","grief-work","original-pain-work","the-kindness-habit"],"id":60459,"author_id":"Christopher+Dines"},{"text":"The events that occur in my life are workout situations. They are there for my benefit so I can become strong and gain wisdom and information by working my way through those situations.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["addiction","addiction-and-recovery","addiction-free","chris-prentiss","chris-prentiss","guilt","happiness","joy","life","love","pain","passages-malibu","passages-ventura","peace","philosophy","philosophy-of-life","wisdom"],"id":62119,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":60,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}