by Jennifer Leigh | Jun 12, 2023 | Coping Skills, For BWD/BIND Sufferers |
Recovering from benzodiazepine withdrawal/BIND can feel like a barren landscape, an environment where our creativity has dried up and withered away. Where we once were curious, confident to try new things, and excited to bring our ideas to life, now we are dull,...
by Jennifer Leigh | Dec 28, 2022 | Healing |
As we cross off the last few days of the 2022 calendar, let us think about how we can improve our self-care in 2023. Effective self-care helps reduce suffering as we navigate through benzo withdrawal/BIND and sets us on an excellent path for health and well-being long...
by Jennifer Leigh | Nov 24, 2022 | Healing |
I’m helping my daughter prepare for Thanksgiving dinner. She loves to host our family events, and she does a fabulous job. This Thanksgiving is special because my four children and their families will sit at the table. For the past few years, we weren’t...
by Jennifer Leigh | Mar 30, 2017 | Across America |
I’ll never be a flight attendant. My central nervous system (CNS) is always revved up, hypervigilant, when I’m flying. I’ll never be a surgeon, a firefighter, or join the military. I’ll never parachute out of a plane, either. All of those...
by Jennifer Leigh | Oct 4, 2016 | Coping Skills, Hope, Recovery |
June 22, 2011, I swallowed my last benzodiazepine… a medication that I took only as prescribed by my doctor. It’s been a long and winding road to recovery. Although I still have some lingering symptoms, I lead a full and happy life. In fact, I’ve...
