HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED CHILDHOOD TRAUMA?

[azuldog]

Traumatic childhood takes 20 years off life expectancy / LJWorld.com

I always knew I was screwed up in many ways. Handicapped in the game of life as it were. I have certainly stepped in the same pile of crap many times giving me plenty of clues. Well, a new study came out last year with information on 17,000 + people taken by the health giant Kaiser Permanente . The Center for Disease Control analyzed the data and came up with some stunning conclusions. It's called the Adverse Childhood Events (ACE) survey. When I read this I couldn't believe it. I was depressed and liberated at the same time. I will place this link on the research forum with some of the insights it gave me, but if you want to read about the survey and take the simple test, check out the link above. My score was a solid 7.

good luck...........azuldog

[rubywillow]

HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED CHILDHOOD TRAUMA?

ADog, yes. It's a fact that when we get screwed up early, it takes a toll on us. I don't know the numbers, but a huge percentage of alcoholic women were sexually abused. I don't even know about men! What helps us it to see we are not alone, we are not responsible for our childhood, and that we must begin TODAY being responsible for what WE do. As I've said, heard, had said to me, we become sober for ourselves, no one else. Guilt, blame, and regret will not help us; only self-realization and the desire to live a sober life.

[tlrgs]

HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED CHILDHOOD TRAUMA?

hmmmmmmm lets see where do i start .. yes i have lots of those .. CHILDHOOD TRAUMA.. but it would tke me all day to type it... so if you would like to read my story .. the title is from the begining and behond ..

[rubywillow]

HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED CHILDHOOD TRAUMA?

NOTE: Ready T's story! It is the prototype in trauma!

[sick of being sick]

HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED CHILDHOOD TRAUMA?

If tlrgs can get over his childhood and live a happy, healthy, sober life, then ANYONE can!!! I'm not nearly as interested in focusing on my horrible past as I am focusing on my happy, sober future!

[rubywillow]

HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED CHILDHOOD TRAUMA?

Amen! I know from joyful personal experience, this is the sweetest, most dedicated man I've ever met in his quest for sobriety. We all have a journey. Let his be a model for us when we think we can rely on our past as a cushion for our behavior! Love ya, Bro!!