This article examines loss and grief issues involved in addiction and recovery. Tracing first the role that unresolved grief can play as a precursor to substance abuse and addiction, the author then explores aspects of grief that are a part of the disease and recovery process for both the ...
Oxytocin, a neuropeptide produced in the hypothalamus, has been implicated in attachment and social behaviors (e.g., Theodoridou et al. 2009). CG may be conceptualized as a stress response to the loss of an important attachment figure (Simon 2012), and involves difficulty adjusting to the ...
My clean/sober date is January 29, 2014, and I received Mercy on … Read more... Posted on May 6, 2023Author Andrea GianniniCategories Addiction/Substance Misuse, Grief, SuicideTags support dog after my moms suicide4 Comments on Mercy was my support dog for recovery and two losses by su...
The topic of the health consequences of partner loss has been reviewed by Wolfgang and Margaret Stroebe, Bereavement and Health, Cambridge, England: Cambridge Press, 1987. The role of social factors in illness-sparing is brilliantly reviewed by John Cassel, “The Contribution of the Social Environ...
Chapter 2 is the death event itself. This is often the moment when the person experiencing the loss begins to question his sanity, particularly when the death is premature and traumatic. Mary had prided herself on her ability to stay in control in difficult times. The profound emotional chaos...
In the vein ofTheYear of Magical ThinkingandBeautiful Boy,an emotionally raw and inspiring memoir that illuminates a mother’s grief over the loss of her adult child and considers the hope of soulful connections that transcend the boundary of life and death。
Research suggests that addiction recovery is quite similar to, and strongly linked with, a prolonged or pathological grief. How grief and healing matter in these meetings is an important area for research. This paper explores these interlinked processes in CA meetings to understand how they ...
With Grief and Grace: Mourning and Resilience in the Rooms of Addiction RecoveryTownsand Price-Spratlenprice-spratlen.1@osu.eduhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2611-5562View further author informationTownsand Price-Spratlenprice-spratlen.1@osu.edu...
With Grief and Grace: Mourning and Resilience in the Rooms of Addiction RecoveryTownsand PriceSpratlen
With Grief and Grace: Mourning and Resilience in the Rooms of Addiction RecoveryTownsand PriceSpratlen