Many of us have grown up in homes that have been less than ideal and many of us have suffered greatly as children even though our parents or guardians were doing the best that they could. Many of us became SHAME and created a false identity to present to the world in order to survive. To escape from this unattended shame and trauma we turned to alcohol or drugs or sex or gambling to alleviate this pain and we became addicts and codependents. To recover we must heal and we need to get back to the garden.