Seeing life through the eyes of addiction for the past seven years has brought me some of the most painful and enriching moments of my life. The challenges, some obvious and others hidden, continue to help me grow. I have learned to meet those challenges to the best of my ability and by being honest and open with myself and turning inward.
Continue Reading If you have in some way been involved with the disease of addiction and the process of recovery in your life experience, it is part of your story. Whether your experience is as the addict, codependent, family member, counselor, co- worker, call center worker, friend, advocate, wilderness guide, celebrity, or 12 stepper, it is part of your story.
Continue Reading Attaching a stigma to those in active addiction has been carried on through generations. The labels placed on these individuals started when very little was known about the actual disease. It was still thought to be a behavioral choice.
Continue Reading Rebalancing means getting back to the things that nurture me physically, emotionally and spiritually, whether it means returning to lifelong joys or adding something yet untried. Change happens over and over but each time it is different. This time, the change feels bigger and more challenging for me. I willingly work it to shed those cobwebs that can grab hold and stick to me.
Continue Reading The definition of insanity is when someone does the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. That is exactly what I did. Why hadn’t I seen it before? I was not ready. I had to learn other lessons to get me to this point, and they cannot all be learned at once. Today, I have peace of mind and the freedom to move forward once again. Today, I have moved away from insanity but I remain ever aware that it will try to move back in if I let it. If it knocks on my door, I will have to tell it to live somewhere else.
Continue Reading I always look forward to spending time with friends. It doesn’t matter where we go, as long as we have time to talk and catch up with each other. It is a time to share, socialize and reconnect. No matter which friend or group of friends I am spending time with, it is rejuvenating for me emotionally, and I hope they feel the same.
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