The final part of my story - what life looks like three years after addiction.

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I talk about living with my parents, the challenges, integrating back into society and rebuilding my life, finding myself through spirituality and Christianity and in a place where I now feel ready for the next chapter of my life

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My life feels like it's just beginning and I am so excited!

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Connect with me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/iamcharlottejackson

Part 2 of 3 of my story, This is all about my rise from the depths of a four year crystal meth addiction (see part 1 for the story of how I got to rock bottom) and experienced a spiritual awakening and had help from the other side.

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I truly believe that when we are ready, doors open for us. I also believe in the power of the Universe/God/Source and I know without a shadow of a doubt that it was my spiritual connection that helped play a part in my rise out of addiction.

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Connect with me on instagram: www.instagram.com/iamcharlottejackson

Part 1 of a 3 part mini series where I share my story. On my three year clean anniversary I thought it would be apt to share my story in detail. Part one is all about how I became a crystal meth addict when I had previously never touched drugs and was vehemently against them. I discuss the emotional pain, the self-abandonment and the many small steps it took for me to get to the bottom of that pit.

One of the greatest paradigm shifts I experienced as a crystal meth addict was when I realised that the drugs weren't the problem, they were the solution. Your addiction is trying to show you something - and whatever your addiction may be - drugs, alcohol, gambling, Netflix, social media, dating apps, the gym, work, and religion to name a few - it is there for a reason. It is there to soothe your pain, to distract you, to fill a void. Until we get comfortable facing difficult emotions we may never uncover the real problem and until we uncover the real problem, we will always need the solution - which is our addiction. Realising that the addiction is not the problem but rather the solution is one of the first steps in setting yourself free.

This episode is all about our painful experiences and how we sometimes invalidate the things we go through because we think they aren't "big enough" for us to feel the pain and hurt that we do.

Holding onto painful experiences (even the "little" ones) can slowly build up a wall around our hearts and shut us off from letting love in.

I talk you through recognising these "little" painful experiences, validating them, giving yourself permission to feel them and then together, we are able to let them go.