Substance Abuse and Addiction: Many people begin to manage tough life issues via substance use (or other behaviors like sex, eating, or gambling), and find their behaviors have gotten out of hand. To grow past addiction struggles, you’ll need to address the addiction head on, and also develop skills and make life changes to prevent addiction from creeping back into your life. Here are some of the calling card symptoms of addiction:
Financial problems
Work problems
School problems
Relationship problems (family, friends, romantic, etc.)
Legal problems
Emotional health problems (depressed, anxious, flat, etc.)
Physical health problems
Adulting problems (you seem to need help to accomplish normal tasks)
If you are having some or all of these problems, you likely would benefit from therapy to address these issues. I offer a blend of EMDR, CBT, and DBT to help you overcome these struggles and positively restructure your life.