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... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Mar 11, 2019 | Curing Fear, Uncategorized |
Love creates. Fear destroys. There are two states we can be in— love or fear. Everything we feel resides somewhere on a spectrum of either one. Most often, we don’t have a choice as to how our nervous system reacts to perceived threats. (Those threats are... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Mar 4, 2019 | Uncategorized |
Fatigue Is Normal In Benzo Withdrawal. Most people suffer from fatigue at some point as they are healing. It can be mild or completely debilitating, and it can come and go throughout the day. I’d feel it seeping into every cell of my body and I’d lie down... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Feb 25, 2019 | Coping Skills |
At first, I had no clue. Even though my taper was fairly brutal from the get-go, I didn’t understand triggers. Not at first, anyway. I remember reading a post from a woman on a benzo website who was nine months out and suffering from a lot of triggers. She wrote... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Feb 18, 2019 | Coping Skills |
*Warning, this post could be triggering for some. The day I lost my mind. I can’t recall the exact day. Was I just home from the hospital after my cold-turkey, or was it before I was carried into the emergency room and admitted? No matter. What I do... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Feb 13, 2019 | Coping Skills |
Happy Valentines Day! If you are deep in the throes of benzo withdrawal, a day for celebrating love may not strike you as something to get all excited about. It’s not easy to think about love when it’s so hard to feel. For some, the day is a painful... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Feb 11, 2019 | Spiritual Journey |
Why me, God? Naked, I’d curl up in the fetal position on my bathroom floor and cry out to God, “Why me?” I’d go down a rather long list of the good things I’d done in my life, evidence that I didn’t deserve such a cruel blow as... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Feb 4, 2019 | Coping Skills |
Like An Onion Guilt in benzo withdrawal is oftentimes like an onion—so many layers and each one can make us weep! Our hearts are heavy with the burden of regrets, wishing we could undo what we did or didn’t do. If you are feeling guilt, know that it is a very... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Jan 28, 2019 | Spiritual Journey |
(This post is about faith in God. If you aren’t interested in this topic, you can skip this post. No hate mail, please.) Where Are You, God? I’d known hard times in my life—traumatic childhood events, surgeries that took months to recover from, a car...