https://www.buzzsprout.co… In this 15 minute podcast interview (my first!) with a Psychotherapist from Pregnancy and Postpartum support MN , I speak about the dangers of the societal message that "mommy needs wine" to parent aka: the mommy wine culture, and how it has gone dangerously too far; especially in the social media world. I also...
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surrender has much to do with my ability to use the spiritual principle of hope today. when i go to thinkin i got this shit, without the clarity of thought, or takin the time to assess what ev it is im tryna do, i am immediately blocked by my spiritual malady from usin what recovery...
i like that it doesnt matter whether one is religious or not to be able to make a connection in this thing we do. spirituality is somethin ive found that many religious people dont have. some of the people i know in my personal circle of recoverin friends are agnostic or atheist and are some...
as the years have passed i have found it easier to just let shit be. ive learned to let go of shit i aint got any control over. practicin the serenity prayer, in all its simplicity, along with the 3rd and 7th step prayers have provided me with peace of mind i could never find...
today i have no problem realizin that faith in somethin greater than myself is a belief that i cannot live without. when in the past i would rely on overthinkin and tryna outsmart the problems i faced as i drank into ignorance, thinkin i was overcomin them, today i get the strength i need from...
when i came into the rooms this last time, i was beaten and broken from self-imposed crisis. i wanted change, even though i wondered if it would work. left crippled by my outrageous ego and false sense of pride, i could not see what awaited me, the harbinger of recovery was loomin and becomin willin...
realizin that when i am filled with my spiritual malady that i have the characteristic of a narcissistic egocentric core, dominated by feelins of omnipotence, intent on maintainin at all costs my inner integrity, isnt somethin i am proud of. but if i am to use what recovery has taught me, humility, i get to...
today i am open enough to let somethin infiltrate my life rather than interfere with it. as i look back upon my time in recovery, i cannot say there was an “ah ha” moment when the distinction between the two happened, but i am aware of each today. as hope grew within in my early...
today, i need others in my life to help me create the life i wish to live, i simply need ya’ll. without ya’ll in recovery, i dont think i could make recovery happen in my life. i tried in the past to get along without others and look what it got me, writin a post...
recovery has given me much, things i could never had had if i hadnt had the desperation which produced a moment of clarity that brought about the decision to change. the mere decision wouldnt have meant shit unless i made the effort to commit the action of openin the door to the halfway house i...