Triggers!

In this episode of the Recovery Rebirth Podcast, we discuss a fairly ubiquitous term–triggers. In the world of addiction & recovery, triggers can cause us to relapse & fall back in our addictive behaviors. Triggers are also discussed in psychology, especially when treating PTSD.  A trigger can be defined as something that causes an unexpected…

Trauma Part 2 of 3

The Recovery Rebirth Podcast, hosted by Dominick and Jillian, continues to delve into discussion on trauma and how it shaped our life experiences. We talk about divorce, parental abandonment due to mental illness and death, bullying, and other adverse experiences from childhood.  Such experiences caused us to develop maladaptive coping mechanisms.  These strategies seemed to…

Trauma Part 1 of 3

The Recovery Rebirth Podcast presents “Trauma” related to addiction and maladaptive behaviors. Trauma is the gateway drug. Parts 2 and 3 coming soon so please subscribe to the podcast. In this episode, we delve into the complex, vast topic of trauma.  We realized quickly that we could not do this topic justice in just one…