Many subtle attitudes and past conditioning can affect our sense of ownership of our lives and of the world we live in—guilt, a haunting sense of victimization, laziness, living with repressive, angry, or abusive people may have tamed our sense […]
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Finding Freedom
If I am always reacting, then I am never free. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II (Kindle Locations 3429-3430). Al-Anon Family Groups. Kindle Edition. Accept who you are. Be who you are. Respect […]
Continue reading »Loving Him
Co-dependent no more. Growing old together. Decades of history teeming with hurtful discourse, evolving now to gratitude, small talk, servitude willingly given and graciously received. Loving him still. Loving him healthily now.
Continue reading »Owning our Power
Yes, admitting and accepting powerlessness is important. But that is a first step, an introduction to this business of recovery. Later, comes owning our power. Changing what we can. This is as important as admitting and accepting powerlessness. ~ Beattie, Melody. […]
Continue reading »Recovery Is…
Recovery is learning new responses, feeling and behaving in healthier ways. ~ Casey, Karen. Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women (Kindle Location 2039). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. Recovery is laying aside our crutch, learning we’re not in charge, […]
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