Client Stories

I am not lying when I say I have been addicted for 50 years. While denial hasn’t really been my problem, finding a road out of addiction has been. I have tried everything. From Ayahuasca to antidepressants to AA to Smart Recovery to rehab to rolfing, to dreamwork and rebirthing. That is the short list. I am healthier than I was, and yes, all of these techniques have helped, but in the end, nothing seemed close to touching what was underneath it all. I would stop doing one thing and pick myself up, find another “habit” until I realized that once again, I was going down the rabbit hole….eating, smoking, starvation, drinking, laxatives, sleeping pills, puking, exersize, sex, shopping, suicidal thoughts, work, internet… TV. I’d bite my nails til they bled.

Debbi isn’t the first counsellor that I have had–not by a long shot. I have had a few—leaving me, each time, feeling more panicky that there was no one who could help me. I felt judged and scared.