Letting Go While Still Loving
Lately, we often hear the word detachment thrown around a great deal, especially in recovery circles. However, understanding what it really means can be confusing, and definitely, even more difficult...
View ArticleA Guest Post from a Normie
I am a child of an alcoholic. I am a Normie. But I am ever-watchful. Studies say that I carry the addiction gene, but I’m not sure about that. I drink like the sure-footed Scandinavian stock I was bred...
View ArticleLetting Go While Still Loving
Lately, we often hear the word detachment thrown around a great deal, especially in recovery circles. However, understanding what it really means can be confusing, and definitely, even more difficult...
View ArticleA Guest Post from a Normie
I am a child of an alcoholic. I am a Normie. But I am ever-watchful. Studies say that I carry the addiction gene, but I’m not sure about that. I drink like the sure-footed Scandinavian stock I was bred...
View ArticleDid You Relapse?
You have been dry for so long now, that you said to yourself, one drink will not matter. That one drink leads to another and then another and soon you found yourself waking up with barely any memory of...
View ArticleMisconceptions About Addiction
If you suspect you are an addict or know someone you think might be, chances are you have done some basic research to find out more on the topic. With so much information readily available, and from a...
View ArticleTough Love
By now in our culture, we have heard of “tough love” and it is especially referred to when dealing in problematic relationships. In essence, tough love is when a person is treated sternly or “harshly”...
View ArticleWhen Is It An “Addiction?”
If you are reading this, there is a good chance that you already recognize that someone you care about seems to have some issues with alcohol or drugs. You may not be sure if it really qualifies as “an...
View ArticleThe First Kiss
There were so many reasons not to get sober. Even though the morning after I’d always have those constant gnawing questions circulating in my brain: How could I have done this again? How did it happen?...
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