by Baylissa | Feb 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
THE NATURAL OUTCOME Please don’t let the intensity of your signs of healing prevent you from believing that you are actually getting better. As you know, withdrawal is complex. The nervous system is an intricate, sensitive network and the repair process is not...
by Baylissa | Jan 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends, I know it has been a difficult time for many of you and so I just wanted to say to you, “Please don’t lose heart.” If you are breathing, you are healing. Behind the clouds, the sun is shining. Even when it doesn’t feel like it,...
by Baylissa | Jan 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Happy New Year’s Day! Another year has ended, and what a year it has been for many of you. No matter what your circumstances are, whether you are still tapering off your medication or holding at the moment, or you are in acute, post-acute or protracted...
by Baylissa | Dec 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends, It is Christmas Eve. I don’t know what this time of year is like for you, but I do hope you are with people who care for you, or that they are accessible remotely, if not. Here is a reflection that I would like to share with you today: 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄 As...
by Baylissa | Nov 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
Visualisation, when used regularly, physically changes the brain. It does this by creating and strengthening neuronal connections and pathways, through the neuroplasticity process. It involves what is akin to creating a detailed, realistic, multi-sensory movie of an...
by Baylissa | Nov 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
I don’t know how different my life would have been had I not experienced withdrawal. Early on, while in the throes of it, I could not imagine looking back and seeing any good other than my having recovered. The pain and devastation were so extreme, so isolating, at...
