Presenting concern
It worked, or you would have stopped a long time ago.
Addiction is one of the areas Erin has the most experience in. She starts from what the substance was doing for you — the sleep it bought, the noise it turned down, the memory it kept at arm's length — because a plan that ignores that is a plan that fails in week three.
01Substance Use
Your goal, honestly stated
Abstinence, reduction, or figuring out which one you actually want — the goal is set collaboratively, with open communication about which techniques are working for you and which are not.
02Substance Use
What is usually underneath
Trauma, anxiety and depression are common companions. Treating the substance use without touching those tends to be temporary, which is why trauma-focused work including ART is available here.
03Substance Use
Relapse is data
It is not the end of the work and it is not a reason to disappear. It tells us what the plan did not account for.
Signs this is the right page
- Using more than you intended to, again
- Hiding the amount from people who love you
- Everything narrowing around it
- You have quit before and it did not hold
None of this is a diagnosis, and no outcome is guaranteed. It is a starting point for a conversation.
In Erin's words
What she would say if you called today.
I am not going to shame you about it. I want to know what it does for you, what it costs you, and what you want your life to look like — then we build toward that together.
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