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What Is Addiction, Really? It Is A Sign, A Signal, A Symptom Of Distress. It Is A Language That Tells Us About A Plight That Must Be Understood.

The Truth About Our Childhood Is Stored Up In Our Body, And Although We Can Repress It, We Can Never Alter It. Our Intellect Can Be Deceived, Our Feelings Manipulated, And Conceptions Confused, And Our Body Tricked With Medication. But Someday Our Body Will Present Its Bill, For It Is As Incorruptible As A Child, Who, Still Whole In Spirit, Will Accept No Compromises Or Excuses, And It Will Not Stop Tormenting Us Until We Stop Evading The Truth.

Every Child Has A Legitimate Narcissistic Need To Be Noticed, Understood, Taken Seriously, And Respected By His Mother. In The First Weeks And Months Of Life He Needs To Have The Mother At His Disposal, Must Be Able To Use Her And To Be Mirrored By Her.

One Of The Best Ways Of Keeping Your Temper In An Argument, As Most Of Us Know Only Too Well, Is Not To Listen To Anything The Other Person Has To Say.

We Don't Yet Know, Above All, What The World Might Be Like If Children Were To Grow Up Without Being Subjected To Humiliation, If Parents Would Respect Them And Take Them Seriously As People.