Enabler No More
Being an enabler meant that most my life I’ve believed that the best way to be productive is to work at something every waking hour...
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What Is Setting Boundaries
Relationships can be particularly difficult these days because the norms we might once have had, seem to be gone. We don’t have role models among...
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Sober Curious Mom Celebrates 11 years sober
I was a sober curious mom before it was a thing. It’s still not quite a thing, but maybe we can make it one. I...
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The Toxic Past: A Survival Guide
The toxic past returns to haunt us all. I started crying the other day while I was hiking. It just happened, and before I knew...
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Unrequited Family Love Is Not Uncommon
Unrequited family love happens a lot. We hear a lot of stories about people who feel they’re being destroyed by loved ones who just…don’t act...
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Children of Alcoholics and Addicts Have PTSD
You may think that only soldiers at war experience Post Traumatic Stress symptoms, but that is far from the truth. Parents and children of alcoholics...
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Accountability In Recovery: The Importance Of The Sober Sister –
I just spent HALF the day discussing my issue du jour with one sober sister then another. It began with a situation that made me...
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Recovery Results Appreciate The Progress
How should we measure recovery results? I used to work for someone who would regularly remark, “I really don’t care how hard someone is trying,...
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Fear Stalks Adult Children of Alcoholics
Why is fear such a common bond among adult children of alcoholics? More importantly, how do we overcome the terror of so many things that...
