This episode explores the very personal journey of Step work, specific to Step 3, and trauma healing. Both processes are incredibly personal. Resources mentioned, as always, provided below.
1:05 - Step 3 from the original 'Big Book', Alcoholics Anonymous
1:30 - Perfect is the enemy of good originally came from Voltaire quoting an Italian proverb the Dictionnaire philosophique in 1770, "Le meglio è l'inimico del bene".
5:40 - Families Anonymous Step 3
5:50 - CoDependents Anonymous Step 3
6:55 - Higher Power
7:00 - Sponsorship article from Recovery.org, Sponsor, Recovery Coach or Professional Counselor: Which is Right for You?
9:00 - Trauma overview is addressed in Episode 2
9:20 - Psychology Today definition of Trauma
10:05 - PTSD, a Georgia Tech study on possible avenues of treatment
10:05 - PTSD, a Johns Hopkins University study on possible avenues of treatment
10:15 - RNA definition from National Human Genome Research Institute
10:35 - Implication of sperm RNAs in transgenerational inheritance of the effects of early trauma in mice
11:45 - Summary of above article, "Gene-environment interactions are determining factors for the etiology of psychiatric disorders, diabetes and cancer, and are thought to contribute to disease inheritance across generations. Small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) are potential vectors at the interface between genes and environment. Here, we report that environmental conditions involving traumatic stress in early life in mice altered microRNAs (miRNAs) expression, and behavioral and metabolic responses in the progeny. Several miRNAs were affected in the serum and brain of both, the traumatized animals and their progeny when adult, but also in the sperm of traumatized males. Injection of sperm RNAs from these males into fertilized wild-type oocytes reproduced the behavioral and metabolic alterations in the resulting offspring. These results strongly suggest that sncRNAs are sensitive to environmental factors in early life, and contribute to the inheritance of trauma-induced phenotypes across generations. They may offer potential diagnostic markers for associated pathologies in humans."
12:30 - 2018 Bronx Veterans Affairs Hospital Publication on Intergenerational Trauma, "Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms"
14:40 - Family of Origin study from Texas A&M, specific to addiction,

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If there is one message I can leave you with, the best you can offer your loved one battling addiction is love and a healthier you.
Walk gently, my friend.