Most destructive behavior is the result of emotional baggage that’s been stuffed; you may not even be aware that you’ve suppressed a chunk of your feelings that don’t settle into the feel-good pile. People react in all sorts of ways when confronted...
1.) Life Won’t be Fun Anymore: One of the number one reasons why people are afraid to quit drinking is because we’ve been led to believe by our culture and big alcohol companies that “Life is more fun with alcohol.” Don’t believe the lie. I don’t intend to...
Alcoholic thinking is present long before a person picks up a drink. The negative, erratic, or insane thought patterns can even be evident in childhood, and unless healthy coping skills are taught, the person will eventually find their way toward something that...
People find recovery in a number of ways, but the recipe that has worked for me over the past twenty-nine years remains unchanged: Prayer, twelve-step meetings, working with other women, a morning program to start my day, and nature. I never realized how important...
Help! I can’t breathe; I feel I may suffocate under the delusion that I can still find a way to be perfect. If you can relate to the above sentence, even a little, keep reading… Are we so worried about being perfect that we drink ourselves into alcoholism...
Prior to recovery my go-to modus operandi was react and run. Once I got sober I had to learn to switch gears. I had to learn to live the trite but true sayings like, feel and deal, and you don’t have to be tore up from the floor up before you make a change. How in the...
