Aroma for Psychedelic Therapy

The Alchemy of Trauma and Addiction

A Monthly Support Group for practitioners, people healing from addiction and family members

We will be meeting via zoom every month for a 1.5 hour session on the subject of “The Alchemy of Trauma and Addiction.”

Addiction is the archetypal illness of modern life. Many people seek relief in these ‘artificial paradises,’ because they have lost touch with the soul spark in their life. Psychological trauma seems to be everywhere nowadays and cuts people off from themselves, their community and nature. Trauma and addiction touch each of us, whether personally, in our family and friends and definitely in our community and society.

Whether it is the ‘classical’ addictions to alcohol or drugs, or ‘modern’ addictions, such as the internet, shopping or work, we know that the unconscious forces that underlie addiction are vast and powerful. In this monthly support group, we will share, exchange and learn how to develop a relationship to these unconscious forces that empowers us instead of enslaving us.

We will be working through themes and sharing on the subjects of:

1. How do we define addiction?
2. What problems are additions attempting to solve?
3. In addiction, there is some form of disconnection – how do we reconnect?
4. Overcoming hopelessness in addiction
5. Shadow work in addiction – what am I trying to cover up with addictive behaviors?
6. The power of the unconscious in Addictive behaviors.
7. The stigma of addiction
8. What does it mean to be present in the here and now and with myself?
9. “Addiction is the archetypal illness of modern man” a discussion
10.  Why willpower is not long-term solution to addiction
11. Traditional addictions and socially sanctioned addictions
12. The addiction to perfection
13. Learning to feel
14.  The spirit of each additive molecule and the metaphor of each addition.
15. Finding your personal myth as a doorway to healing addiction