Coping skills. We all have them. Gleaned from life experience they protect us (we think) from the outside stimuli battering at our psyche. How we deal with what life can throw at us … matters. Some of these “skills” are faulty. Twisted into unhealthy behaviors that create more problems than they solve. Sometimes tools break [...]
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emotional maturity or what would MOM say?
Ever heard the phrase, when we start using we stop growing emotionally. So basically look at the age you first began using and that’s EMOTIONALLY where you’re starting from when you get sober/clean. Scary eh? A bunch of teenagers trying to navigate the social world. Except that many teenagers have learned coping skills through the [...]
overwhelmed.
I got in a mood today. Okay last night really. A ‘mood’. You know the one. The kind where my diseased thinking overwhelms me and I begin to live in the house that fear built. I hate that mood. It lasted til’ I shared it … which is pretty much usually the case. Good thing [...]
how important is it anyway – or – dancing with the sixth and seventh steps.
One of the best phrases heard at a couple decades worth of meetings… “If it doesn’t directly affect your breathing then it’s none of your business.” Oh how this rings true for this sober sometimes sassy girl. So easy to get caught up in life’s drama. He said, she said, they said, it said. (It? [...]
beautifully imperfect or how to do step ten
Had probably one of the best comments/compliments/heckles of my life today. And that’s saying something. I’ve lived a lotta life in thirty some years. “You are so bright and happy, even at work. Are you always like this or is there something wrong with you?” To which, of course, I replied… A little of both. [...]
Addiction 101, I Love Recovery
may the force be with you …
Overheard by ignoramus #1 (we’ll call him Henry Hillbilly) “Yeah my neighbor is one of them there drunks in that triple A thing. Always talkin’ bout them meetings and all that bunk. Man he doesn’t need them stupid brain washers. All he needs is to grow a set. Like me. I drink all the time [...]
what’s it gonna be yes or no … or … lemme sleep on it.
Had a minor epiphany. Lightbulb moment. No I wasn’t listening to Meatloaf. But I could be at any given moment. Okay not really. But that particularly song is sorta cool in a dance and sing your face off kinda way. Right? Okay. This is going to be short and sweet. Sometimes those are the best [...]
showin’ yer ass.
Sometimes … we need to take a break. Especially and most importantly, when we’re in a sick thinking mindset. Taking a short bit of time to breathe and find out what the hell is going on with ya badself … is epically important. Yes I used epic. Yes. It fits. In the fast pace of [...]
S.A.D.
It’s that time of year again. And yes I’ve had tons of emails on the subject of the ‘wintertime blues’ or ‘S.A.D (seasonal affective disorder)’ or just plain out tired of it being cold and dark and not being able to go outside and play or feel the warm sun on my face and I [...]
Emotional Intelligence, Inside my Mind
success???
Like most people, I tend to stick with what I know. What I’ve experienced. What is comfortable. Even if it doesn’t look comfortable from the outside. Matter of fact sometimes our lives (my life) can look like one big case study in psychosis based on past history. But it’s SAFE. To me anyway. Been down [...]
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