by Jennifer Leigh | Jun 17, 2019 | Recovery |
Monday, June 17th Today is the beginning of the Acceptance Workshop. It will for four weeks. You’ll find coursework on my benzowithdrawalhelp.com website Mondays-Fridays. You can read whenever it is best for you. I’ll go live Monday through Thursdays at 10... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Jun 10, 2019 | Coping Skills |
Acceptance is THE KEY. Doctor Paul Ohliger wrote the following, “And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation-some fact of my life unacceptable to me, and can find no... 
by Jennifer Leigh | May 20, 2019 | Recovery |
“This is a new pattern.” Every week I receive a phone call from someone in the benzo community who is experiencing a change in their usual symptom pattern and they are concerned. They want to know what it means—is healing close at hand, or are they falling... 
by Jennifer Leigh | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorized |
It was my litmus test— that stretch of pavement between me and the Starbucks on Broadway. It was what, a half a block away? Maybe a little less. I’d walked through the public parking lot that connected my street to Starbucks’ back door. On the days I could... by Jennifer Leigh | May 3, 2019 | Coping Skills
I’ve always been an over-achiever. Maybe it’s just my DNA—the drive to push, push, push to get things done. Or, maybe, it’s a reaction to my childhood trauma driving me to get everything done, and done well (perfectly?) as quickly as possible.... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Apr 22, 2019 | Coping Skills
I don’t mean “Are you imagining it!” I mean it literally. Do you have withdrawal symptoms in your head? Boy, I sure did! And they can be really scary. Let’s take a look at some of the “usual suspects” so we can not be afraid of... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Apr 15, 2019 | Coping Skills |
I thought it would be so easy. Happy hour had become a habit over the years, in part fueled by interdose withdrawal from the clonazepam I took as prescribed. I didn’t correlate the buzzing and burning inside of my chest, or the increased pulse, or... by Jennifer Leigh | Apr 1, 2019 | Hope |
The video support group starts today! I’ve been so busy with my big move from Nevada City to Healdsburg, that I don’t have a blog for today’s post. So I thought I’d use this time to remind everyone that the video support group, Mornings With... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Mar 25, 2019 | Recovery |
The Garden (Click here if you’d like to listen to Crosby Still Nash and Young’s “Woodstock” while you read.) I remember Woodstock. Some of you are far too young to have it impact your life as it did us “older folks,” but perhaps you... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Mar 18, 2019 | Coping Skills |
Good timing. Winter is my favorite time of the year. Life slows down and we turn toward each other as the holidays come into view. Every year I fixate on one Christmas carol, humming it over and over. This year, it was “Do You Hear What I Hear?” sung by...