"It’s hard to get enough of something that almost works." –Vincent Felitti, MD
"Adverse childhood experience (ACE) grows out of a family system. No member escapes unscathed. Thus it’s not surprising that my older sister, Janice, suffered trauma’s aftereffects along with me.
"More recently, clinicians have treated my symptom complex as the predictable result of developmental trauma. Yes, my moods fluctuate, and I’m prone to anxiety and dissociation. But tracing my afflictions back to a single source relieves much frustration. I feel understood for the first time ever.
"Janice, I’m sorry to say, never found the help she needed. In 2011 she died of liver failure, the consequence of chronic alcoholism. From what we’ve seen above, the true cause of her premature death was formative trauma...."
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/happiness/2013/09/when-childhood-drives-us-to-drink/
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