Lauren N. Armstrong

Lauren has been working for tech companies in the Silicon Valley for the past 7 years after graduating with a degree in Journalism. An avid reader, you can usually find her with her head in a book. Lauren is passionate about peace, learning, human rights, animal adoption, travel, health and changing the world.

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Lauren N. Armstrong

A Message For Anyone Who Has Been Touched By Addiction

addicts never feel quite right in their own bodies. They struggle with feeling like two people. They feel feelings very deeply. They care a lot about what others think of them. They’re codependent. The drugs are a SYMPTOM of the disease of addiction, and for a while, help become a temporary escape from the disease. The drugs are NEVER the cause. It doesn’t work like that.