April 21, 2012
There are several things we can do to prevent ourselves from relapsing. We also have many strategies that we use in recovery to maintain our sobriety and keep ourselves healthy. The first rule of recovery is that we must change our lives. What about our lives need to be changed? Well just about everything really. [...]
October 25, 2011
I don’t let people in. I don’t like women/men. Women are bitches/Only men understand me. Men aren’t emotional enough/Only women understand me. All my friends are of the opposite sex. They just ‘get’ me better. I don’t trust… not even a little bit. I’ve written about this topic at least a hundred different ways but [...]
October 6, 2011
We all know our assorted drama queens, addicts, and energy suckers. These are the types who used to push all of my buttons and pull every single trigger I had, and off I’d go to the blender to make myself a strong, frozen Jimmy Buffett concoction. I always felt that if I wasn’t always there [...]
August 20, 2011
Silly sounding title I know… but important. In my years of recovery I have learned a very valuable lesson about negative people. Being of sober fanatic mind and energetic body, I felt it was necessary for ALL people to agree with the AA/NA mindset. Little did I know that the naysayers or “BAD” meetings possibly [...]
July 15, 2011
I have a picture of tornadoes on my refrigerator. Each is a different color and hovers precariously close to the ground, about to touch down. In the midst of all the swirling is a little stick figure with a small umbrella saying “Hey tornadoes, get in line.” Once upon a time that little stick figure [...]
July 15, 2011
It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. To the precise extent that we permit these, do we squander the hours that might have been worth while. But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is [...]
July 11, 2011
I have had a situation recently which has really rocked my world to be honest. I have learnt to stand up for myself in a way I never did before. This in itself is a challenge; the backlash can be really hard to cope with, but I am learning to stand tall. After saying no [...]
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