What Holds Us Together: Reframing Addiction - Softcover

Perin, Aubrey I

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798998822728

Publisher: Pl0rp Media, 2025

Synopsis

What Holds Us Together: Reframing Addiction is a deeply compassionate, trauma-informed exploration of addiction as an emotional survival strategy-not a moral failure, not a disease, but a ritual of coherence. Written with rare clarity and tenderness, this book challenges conventional recovery narratives by asking a different kind of question: not "Why can't they stop?" but "What were they trying to hold together?"

Author Aubrey Perin blends personal insight, narrative psychology, and lived experience to offer a reframing that is both intellectually grounded and emotionally accessible. With lyrical prose and steady rhythm, the book guides readers through the anatomy of addiction-its rituals, its logic, its collapse-and offers a new language for those navigating its aftermath.

Structured in four parts-Foundations, Collapse, Recovery and Reconstruction, and For the Witness-the book traces how addiction begins not in chaos but in structure, in the quiet rituals that once brought safety and control. It explores how those rituals harden over time, why they eventually fail, and what it means to lose them when they've become part of your identity.

This is not a manual for sobriety. It is not a clinical model. It is an offering of language and clarity for anyone who has lived inside the spiral or loved someone who has. Whether you're beginning your own return from addiction or trying to understand someone else's pain, this book meets you without judgment. It honors the emotional logic of survival and helps make sense of what's often left unsaid in traditional recovery spaces: the grief, the shame, the collapse-and the slow, steady reconstruction of meaning.

Perfect for readers seeking trauma-aware insight, emotional safety, and a deeper understanding of addiction beyond behavior, What Holds Us Together is not a story of breaking down. It's a story of how we rebuild.

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About the Author

Aubrey Perin is a writer and cybersecurity professional with a background in philosophy, law, and ethics. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience analyzing complex systems and human behavior, Aubrey explores how resilience, meaning, and connection shape both individuals and communities. Their work blends clear-eyed analysis with a deep respect for lived experience, inviting readers to think differently about the forces that shape our lives.What Holds Us Together reflects Aubrey's interest in bridging disciplines to uncover what sustains us in times of change and challenge.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pl0rp Media
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798998822728
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230