Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. ~ Oscar Wilde Imitation may be the most sincere flattery but living a lie is a life of an actor, a pretender. Codependency is a way of trying to live another’s life, to be […]
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Heart and Head
We learn to give our loving support to others freely (which is from our heart), without trying to advise people or change them (which is from our head). ~ Jhe T reading from and commenting on The Twelve Steps and Twelve […]
Continue reading »What I Like about Me
My sponsor suggested that I make a list of the things I liked about myself. It was awkward and embarrassing and my list was very short, but it was a start. ~ Courage to Change, page 130 Well, okay, I said I […]
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My Family of Choice It’s not that I don’t choose to love my blood family, my extended family, my folks… but where kin urge me to eat that special food prepared with love the family of choice encourages me to […]
Continue reading »Courage to Be Loved
It takes courage and willingness to receive such unconditional love and support. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 1476-1477) Courage to love is real enough, caring for those who have chosen consciously and deliberately to act with valor, to be heroic. But […]
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