One of the strengths of beloved type Sixes is their built-in ability to forecast what might possibly go wrong in life or need special attention beforehand. In fact, one of the humorous conversations you often hear in enneagram communities is if you are going to parachute out of a plane or go on safari you really want a Six to be in charge! If something could go wrong their mental vigilance will anticipate it and alert the community to prevent it.

However, the downside to this designed strength is that when less aware, a Six will often lapse into a hyper vigilant mental state, in an ongoing pattern, which can lead to a fearful emotional state and irritated body state. Then their ’super power’ can become a crippling weakness, where the dynamic of projection of their shadow onto others and even the extreme of obsessive compulsive behavior (OCD) become an unaware way of doing life. This can cause incredible interior suffering for the Six and create unnecessary conflict and suffering in relationships.

That was a large a part of Adam Fines experience of life and one of the unseen forces that eventually influenced a slide into substance use disorder and years of addiction. Listen in as Adam shares about starting innocently with the use of legally prescribed drugs that over time that relieved anxiety but became a secret dependency and then deepened in to full-blown addiction. His story includes very dark, lost years, hitting bottom, recovery to sobriety and music as healing force. And, the specific challenge to “live life on life’s terms” that in his case meant learning to connect to the body in new ways in order to to relax the Sixes anxious mind.