Yin and yang
With each day, a greater strength of freedom, peace, and hope will be available to you. As a survivor, you will discover your value, worth, and place in the world. As you work through your trauma and addiction, you will find strength to thrive in areas you never imagined. Instead of being stuck in the yin, you’re slowly working toward living in yang.Īs treatment goes on, you will feel more comfortable living in the sunlight. You’ll be able to implement healthier coping skills in place of those self-defeating behaviors. As time goes on, the grip your addiction has on you will begin to loosen. We can help you process the trauma you have dealt with and work through the difficult feelings that may be attached to the trauma. As you go through the daily treatment routine, The Guest House will help you explore the root of your addiction. This sunlight is the yang, the drop of white among the black. This mindset would be the yin side of our symbol, represented by the black portion.Īlthough the individual may show up to treatment overcome with negative emotions and in a cloud of darkness, The Guest House will try to slowly incorporate some sunlight. Thus, it’s understandable that the individual may have a negative outlook and be skeptical of treatment. It’s not uncommon for more than one of these things to be impacting the individual when they show up at The Guest House. They may be actively abusing substances, engaging in self-defeating behaviors, dealing with trauma, or experiencing mental illness. When people first arrive at treatment, they usually don’t have a lot of balance in their life. You may be wondering where we’re going with this and what an ancient Chinese philosophy has to do with recovery…stick with us, because adopting some of yin and yang’s concepts as you go through your recovery can have lasting benefits. Yin and yang is the concept that two distinct and opposing things can actually complement and connect each other. Although there is the contrast of the two colors, they work together to form the whole symbol. Within the black, there is a white dot within the white, there is a black dot. The black part of the circle curves around the white, and the white part of the circle curves around the black. Upon first glance, these colors are opposites. A circle is split into two parts, one black and one white. If you’re not familiar with this symbol, we’ll try to explain it briefly. The ancient Chinese philosophy of yin and yang is commonly portrayed using a black and white circular symbol.