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"The problem before you is never greater than the power behind you."

 

 

What is O.C.D.? 

OCD is characterized by recurrent, unwanted and unpleasant thoughts (obsessions), and/or repetitive, ritualistic behaviors, which the person feels driven to perform (compulsions), people with OCD know their obsessions and compulsions are irrational or excessive, yet find they have little or no control over them. 

Typical obsessions include: dirt, germs and contaminations, fear of acting on violent or aggressive impulses, feeling overly responsible for the safety of others — for example, unreasonable fear of having run over someone with a car, abhorrent religious (blasphemous) and sexual thoughts, inordinate concern with order, arrangement, or symmetry, inability to discard useless or worn out possessions, etc. Typical compulsions include: Excessive washing (particularly hand-washing or bathing), cleaning, checking and repetitive actions such as touching, counting, arranging and orderly or hoarding. Ritualistic behaviors lessen the chances of distress from obsessions but only short-term comfort at the long-term cost of frequent ritual repetition.

March 17 Workshop Recording

On St. Patrick's Day (March 17, 2018), we hosted an OCA workshop called "Lucky in Recovery  3 Hours of Hope and Healing" between 12.00 p.m. and 3.00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).

 

To access the recording for this workshop, please click here. Please note that you will have to download the recording in order to play it. The file is 42MB. Happy listening!

 

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