A Co-dependent’s Chocolate Covered Recipe For Love

My son and I aren’t speaking the same love language. I showed him love in the way I wanted to be loved instead of in the way he wanted to be loved.
Nada Colada For Me, I Feel Guilty

I am a grown woman. I’m a wife and a mother. I make my own car payments. I have a job. So why do I feel guilty if I drink alcohol?
Co-Dependent’s Son Makes Mug Cupcake

A year ago, I was a full-time “smother.” I thought being hopelessly devoted to the world’s most beautiful boy was my highest calling. I was wrong. Doing too much for him kept him from being independent. This week, he learned how to make his very own mug cupcake.
Co-Dependent’s Recipe For Lemonade

This week, someone asked for my opinion. I declined. This is less than newsworthy for healthy people, but for a recovering controlling co-dependent, it’s a remarkable sign of my progress.
Co-Dependent’s Recipe For Bitter Disappointment

I used to think time would magically heal all my wounds, but doing nothing was recipe for bitter disappointment. Recovery gave me a recipe to get better.
Co Dependent’s Higher Power Angel Food Cake –

I didn’t just wander into “the rooms” because I needed to fill an empty night on my calendar. I was broken and emotionally bankrupt, and financially low on cash as well. My 39 year-old sister was dying from cancer, and we all handled it badly. We were desperate to have more time with her, and […]