Tag: addict

How to set boundaries with someone who is hurting you emotionally, verbally, spiritually or physically

October 7, 2016

Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes   “Nothing changes if nothing changes, and if I keep doing what I’ve always done, I’ll keep getting what I’ve always got, and will keep feeling what I’ve always felt.” – Unknown Change is difficult for most of us.  If you are in a situation where someone is hurting you … More How to set boundaries with someone who is hurting you emotionally, verbally, spiritually or physically

Al-Anon – Working the Steps -Steps One Through Three

September 15, 2016

Here is my personal, condensed guide of how I thought while I worked through Steps One through Three in Al-Anon.  Yours may be longer or shorter, it’s a personal journey and there is no wrong or right way to do this. Hard for me, because I’ve  always made things more difficult than they needed to … More Al-Anon – Working the Steps -Steps One Through Three

Choosing Your Path

August 25, 2016

Sometime into my marriage, I had decided to stop praying, I decided to stop writing, I decided to stop going to church. None of them had done me any good that I could see and they hadn’t gotten me what I wanted in life so I felt the mature thing to do was to quit … More Choosing Your Path

Walking On Eggshells

August 12, 2016

The next morning, however, he would wake up in a terrible funk – and “the monster” would come stomping out of the bedroom with a disheveled, “grrrrr” about him. And my son and I would try to run and hide. We would perch ourselves in a corner atop a huge pile of proverbial eggshells and hold our breath. “Fee, Fie, Foe, Fum”, around the corner he’d come. And we’d shake with fear and the eggshells would shatter beneath our feet. … More Walking On Eggshells