Anxiety has these four components: • Feeling of uneasiness, agitation, or discomfort • Some physiological sign (specific to each individual but can be things like sweating, increased heart rate, tightness in chest, butterflies in stomach, restless … [Read more...]

In terms of an emotional experience, crippling fear is the worst.  There is probably nothing more distressing to a person than feeling completely helpless and powerless.  But that is not the only kind of fear that can trip us up in recovery. Anxiety … [Read more...]