Healing Addiction: De-Conditioning The Hungry Ghosts

This talk examines the suffering that arises when due to unmet needs for love and safety, our desire becomes narrowed and fixated on substitute gratifications. We then explore how we can bring mindfulness and self-compassion to the habits of obsessing, over-consuming and hurting ourselves and others that keep us from true happiness, connectedness and peace.

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Thank you. That was very important for me to hear.

Thank you so much 🙏🏼. My 23 year-old son is battling (Perhaps that is the wrong word) alcohol addiction. I’ve been to Al-Anon meetings and accepted that I did not cause this, nor can I control or cure it. That said, addiction can remove the beautiful colors from our world and leave us with only shades of gray. Your “hole in the soul” concept resonates deeply with me. We all have our demons and if we have this hole in our soul, then most ot our efforts go right down and out that hole. I have my own addiction issues and have my 3-year medallion from GA as an adrenaline addict. There is no quick fix for that hole, only continued striving to patch the hole. Peace and Blessings to all ☮️

Thank you Tara! Your words touched me deeply when I most needed to hear them.

Wonderful. Please have a look at a new group I just started called Al-Anon 11th Step. I have added your talk to a folder. Thank you. Eric B

Filled with deep insight and helpful invitations. Delivered with humor, humanity and tenderness.