Your Struggle With Food, Weight, Drugs or Alcohol Is Not Your Fault, It's A Normal Response To Surviving An Abnormal Childhood Even though Mary was in long-term recovery with food, severe obesity, drugs, and alcohol and had what most people would consider a successful life - behind closed doors, she still struggled and wondered... Why she had so few close friends and had difficulty finding a fulfilling, romantic relationship - Why she still struggled with food, sleep, & caffeine - Why she couldn't find the flow and passion she longed for in her career - Why, even though she was in long-term recovery with food and substances and had maintained a 160lb weight loss for several decades, she felt the need to hide these parts of her past from others Finally, in mid-life, she discovered the root cause driving these, and her past addictions to food, drugs, and alcohol was a condition known as Complex PTSD (CPTSD), a more severe form of PTSD that developed from her being raised in a chaotic alcoholic home. This discovery sent Mary on a five-year journey where she researched leading experts in the fields of complex trauma and addiction. She read dozens of books about complex PTSD and the adverse childhood experiences study (ACE Study.) She also studied thought leaders in the fields of neuroscience and developmental psychology. She read countless books about addiction, emotional trauma, childhood trauma in adults, food addiction, and addiction recovery. Join Mary as she experiences one mind-blowing revelation after another as she learns that CPTSD was operating behind the scenes sabotaging her weight, addiction recovery, relationships, career, and health, and learn what she did to heal. In A Blending of Memoir, Science-Based Research & CPTSD Workbook, You'll Learn: You're not alone; you're not bad or defective; it's not your fault, your symptoms are normal, and you can heal - How to recover with a proven, step-by-step CPTSD Workbook that compassionately guides you in healing from common CPTSD symptoms such as difficulty with close relationships, shame, guilt, anxiety, depression, addiction, and feeling defective and unworthy of love and belonging - Gain access to a menu of 36 evidence-based body, brain, and mind CPTSD therapies and practices to heal the root cause of your symptoms - How to recover from your struggle with food, weight, drugs, or alcohol with the support of the step-by-step Addiction Recovery Workbook - How to stay focused and on track with practical worksheets, quizzes, and questionnaires You Can End Your Struggle With Food, Weight, Drugs, Alcohol, or Close Relationships Starting Today By Clicking on Buy Now at the top of this page "It's Not About Food, Drugs, or Alcohol should be very helpful for anyone who has or is struggling with any type of addiction to understand that their addictions are not their fault, and by healing their trauma, they'll heal the root cause of their suffering." -Pete Walker, MA, LMFT, leading trauma therapist & author of "Complex PTSD: From Surviving To Thriving" "Mary Giuliani offers her readers compassion, guidance, and hope as she peels back the layers of her journey through overcoming trauma. With each chapter, she disrupts the status quo's understanding of how we think, behave, and heal by offering approachable science-based fundamentals we should have all learned about in school. Mary's book explains how addiction, disordered eating, relationship issues, and more are linked to a common root cause of injury and walks the reader through a manageable process through which true healing can occur. As a psychologist and fellow human, I recommend this book to anyone who is curious about or is currently on the path to recovery." -Andi Fetzner, PsyD, Trauma Therapist & Educator "Mary's touching memoir of her own struggle with substance abuse, obesity, and complex trauma exposes the historical lack of awareness the mental health community has regarding C-PTSD, which has caused people like her to be misdiagnosed with multiple labels from the DSM and delay the ability to seek proper trauma treatment. Mary's book follows the courageous story of a woman that found deeper addiction recovery when her childhood trauma was named and acknowledged." -Melissa McManis, LCSW, Sexual Trauma Therapist, Southern California "This book is a one-stop shop for people who think they may have or who know they have trauma. Mary has done the homework to read and share some of the most important information from the best books on the topic. Her story? She's lived with CPTSD, and she is here to help you survive the pitfalls and thrive with newly-identified superpowers that we actually can gain as the result of our experiences. Best of all, she shares her story with humor and humility, grace, and ultimately what we all need and can learn from her: a lifesaving and affirming dose of self-compassion." - Carey Smith Sipp, Director of Strategic Partnerships, PACEsconnection.com