The 8 Core Emotions

We have published several posts in the past few months with the direct objective of helping families and loved ones navigate the newly arrived at world of addiction and substance abuse.

Many friends and family members discover an addict in their lives, and are unsure how to understand this new behavior. In this series of posts we will attempt to simplify and clarify these murky waters as much as possible.

We have recently written about various family roles, such as “The Hero” and the “Enabler”. We have talked about when social or weekend drinking becomes a more serious problem.

Our most recent post on the subject was about the denial of addiction. So today, we will talk about another subject close to the user; their own emotions.

Feelings are sensory, physiological, and involve your body’s response to the world.

Where as motions are what come from those feelings.

           *Original chart info courtesy of Pia Mellody

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