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Achieving Balance
Feb 26, 2024
When I began my recovery, my children were all in elementary school. Our home had an atmosphere of tension and insecurity.I was bound and determined to be the perfect mother—loving, compassionate, understanding—but I really did not know how to manifest...
Read MoreHoping in a Higher Power
Dec 25, 2023
The only solution to my fear, my desire to control and my feelings of victimization has been to live one minute at a time and to act as if I trust God, even when I don’t. I look back on...
Read MoreFinding Help
Nov 27, 2023
When I heard "keep coming back" at the end of meetings, I felt the tug to come back even though I felt discouraged with my situation. I came back (trudged back) and found help and friendship. Now I am aware...
Read MoreReconciliation and Healing
Sep 26, 2023
One of the first things I had to deal with in recovery was my overwhelming shame and guilt over how my part in this disease affected my children. At that point, they were already grown up; one of my children...
Read MoreStep 7: Humbly Asked Him to Remove our Shortcomings
Aug 8, 2023
Step Seven requires faith. Just as we came to believe in Step Two that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity, so we came to believe in Step Seven that God could remove our shortcomings. We found...
Read MoreRestored to Sanity
Jun 12, 2023
Step 2 says "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." We may not have been addicted to sex or substances, but many of us were addicted to people and situations in our lives,...
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