You can't heal what you can't feel!
I know from my own clinical work that when people are beaten and hurt, they numb out so that they cant feel anymore.
Shame is the root of all addictions.
We move from the illusion of certainty, to the certainty of illusion
Evil is a source of moral intelligence in the sense that we need to learn from our shadow, from our dark side, in order to be good.
Recovery begins with embracing our pain and taking the risk to share it with others. We do this by joining a group and talking about our pain.