“The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food” Dean Ornish

There is an innate, human desire for connection. We were once young babies in the world, and we not only desired the food our parent provided, but also emotional connection and comfort. As infants, we desired to feel safe. Some of us have had positive experiences with connecting with others: we’ve felt loved, cared for, cherished. There are others of us who have difficulty thinking of a positive relationships in our life. Our perspective on human connection can get transformed or distorted by negative experiences. For many people in recovery, it’s difficult to maintain connection, or honestly, even want to want connection. Still, we have a desire to connect to something or someone, whether we want to admit it or not.