ABOUT ME

MY STORY OF SURVIVAL AND OVERCOMINg ADDICTION

Welcome to the here and now! My name is Elizabeth and I am in the ever-unfolding process of teaching others how to practice mindfulness, and how it can be used as a tool for addiction recovery and relapse prevention. I am a kidnap, rape and torture survivor who fell into heavy addiction and alcoholism as a result of the trauma. However, I was fortunate enough to have read the likes of Eckhart Tolle in my teens, giving me a small degree of presence, or awareness, throughout my PTSD and addiction. Little revelations and “ah-ha” moments led me to finally seek help in a methadone program.

It wasn’t until over a year later that I truly *experienced* what his teachings were pointing to when I had a sudden collapse of ego. Complete and total peace ensued, even though it only lasted a few days before my normal egoic patterns started taking hold again, but it was a large enough crack in the armor of ego that I would shift back and forth between ego and oneness as time progressed. Not very often at first, but slowly more and more. After that first initial experience, I suddenly lost the fear of detoxing. As I began to detox, I was more and more inspired to begin writing.

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Biggest Secret I’ve EVER Kept

Biggest Secret I’ve EVER Kept

Today, I’m going to tell you a secret. It’s one of the BIG ones. Might not be what you expected, tho. It’s one of the most sacred truths of life. It’s about enlightenment. Now, if you’ve never heard of enlightenment, you must not get out very much. Let me give you what comes up in […]

Silencing the Mind

Silencing the Mind

The beauty of the flower is not dependent upon the flower, but upon your perception of it. You either see what your mind defines; or you see the flower without thought.You just observe. You then realize that to perceive the flower without the presence of the chattering mind is to see the flower with the […]

I forgave my attacker

I forgave my attacker

You were fowl. You were awful. You were insane. Addicted to doing any drug that came your way. Unsanitary. Lazy. Easily angered. Irrational. Stupid. Controlling. Dangerous.