Shedding Your Shame: Opioid Addiction

Shame is the hardest emotion for me as a counselor to see on a clients face.

It always stops me in my tracks.

It is a raw painful emotion that shows on some of the most expressionless faces.

As a Professional Counselor, this vulnerability is palpable. You can feel the sadness and despair of shame more than any other emotion.

I see this sadness most often with opioid addiction.

Why?

Because this client could be my mother, your grandmother, our sister, our brother, or even worse my own precious child.

I see all of those people’s faces in treating individuals with opioid addiction.

So what do I do?

I bring hope!

I teach my clients to start..

Shedding The Shame.

 It starts something like this…

Did you know that your brain views pain pills, and heroin exactly the same way?

Pain pills, and heroin are all from the same class of drugs called opioids.

Did you know that the brain views this drug the exact same way as food and water?

Imagine for a minute, if you had zero access to any water source for 2 days would you be thinking about carpool lines, spreadsheets, or cutting the grass?

Hell no..

The only thing you are thinking about is where can I get water!

Your brain is telling you that you will die in one day if you don’t get water RIGHT NOW.

Your thirsty. Your dying. You must find water to survive.

Suppose, I asked you at day 3 of no water to suck it up and use your will power to stop yourself from looking for water.

How much willpower can you muster to make your self stop looking for water when your dying of dehydration??

The answer is simple.

You can’t.

Your brain won’t let you. It will convince you to live and that means you keep looking for water!

This is the first step on how I help my clients understand their addiction. You can not will power your way through this. Your brain simply won’t allow you to.

You need help and I can help.

Shed Your Shame.

We can help you.

The CLR Counseling Group, LLC.