Posts by Carol Barrett

Ask yourself a few questions:

How much do you truly love yourself?
How much do you love your son?
Do you even want to get clean?
Why did you choose to have a child?
What is your purpose for living?
What is the actual cost of your addiction?
What do you gain when you are high?
And what are you losing in exchange?

Do the math. You aren't just your past; you are also your present and your future. You can't change what happened, but the future is yours to shape. It is entirely in your hands.

I hope you find enough clarity to make the right choice. The right choice for you, and for your child.

Hay,

What you’ve described sounds like a core component of depression. It’s that single, looping thought that prevents you from getting anything else done. In psychology, we call this rumination—just spinning the same wheel over and over. Sometimes, these thoughts actually serve as a distraction, a way to avoid facing deeper emotions. I might suggest that next time you find yourself spiraling, you sit down and write everything out. Just get it on paper. Write for thirty minutes, then put a period at the end of it and move on. Another option is to set aside exactly ten minutes every day specifically for these thoughts. Write them down, and once those ten minutes are up, stop. The more you fight these thoughts, the more they tend to resurface, draining your energy even further.