Hello Darkness My Old Friend

di Michael Celso (Autore)

Michael Celso, 2026

Before addiction takes hold, there is darkness. Before recovery begins, there is the courage to face it. In Hello Darkness, My Old Friend, Book Two of The Void in Addiction series, Michael Celso turns toward the inner landscape most people are taught to avoid—the emotional emptiness, numbness, and identity fracture that quietly precede addiction. Rather than treating addiction as a moral failure or isolated disease, this book reframes it as a human survival response to unresolved trauma, emotional overwhelm, and disconnection from the self. Drawing from lived experience, trauma-informed psychology, neuroscience, and depth-oriented reflection, Celso explores how darkness becomes both a refuge and a warning signal when pain has nowhere else to go. This volume examines the psychological terrain beneath compulsive behavior, including: Emotional numbness and dissociation as protective strategies The ego's reliance on avoidance, control, and distraction How early wounds fracture identity and self-perception Craving as communication rather than weakness Darkness as a necessary stage of awareness, not pathology Rather than urging escape from pain, Hello Darkness, My Old Friend invites readers to sit with it—to listen, understand, and translate what the darkness is trying to reveal. In doing so, the book challenges conventional recovery narratives that prioritize symptom management over self-integration. Written with clarity, compassion, and unflinching honesty, this work speaks to students, clinicians, people in recovery, and anyone who has felt disconnected from themselves without knowing why. It does not promise quick fixes or easy optimism. Instead, it offers language for what hurts, insight into why it hurts, and a grounded path toward reconnection. The darkness is not the enemy. It is the place where truth begins to speak. Hello Darkness, My Old Friend is not about learning how to avoid pain—it is about learning how to meet it, so healing can finally begin.

• Autore: Michael Celso
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Michael Celso
• Formato: EPUB2 con Adobe DRM
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798232463465