It happens without our even knowing. An event, person, word, gesture, object. Situation, during which some internal button is stomped on, leaving us frazzled and worn and nervous and in some cases – wanting to use … bad. I’ve heard of times where people who are seemingly just “fine”, get a switch flipped and aren’t [...]
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Let it go already …
Let go and let God. (whatever your conception of that may be of course) I prefer to keep the G sound out of the equation. let OD (implied second D). It fits me. But when talking of the more healthful, rational members of our worldwide recovery family, bring on the G. What does letting go [...]
all part of the process
I used to be a big mouth. Yes I know this may come as a shock to your system. Me? Big mouth, know-it-all, Big Book thumping, got all the answers chick. Big surprise yes? I got sober at 19, started quoting the Big Book to anyone who would listen; post treatment and a stint in [...]
pain is not the enemy.
Ouch. Owie. OOh. Ick. OMG. Yipes. Pain. Painful. Painstaking. P. Ignored mostly or embraced and wallowed in. Pain gets a bad rap I think. Where would we be without it? I mean really, it’s an indicator of your body or mind or gut telling you … CAUTION. THERE IS SOMETHING TO LOOK AT HERE. Imagine [...]
sense of self …
What an EGO that guy has. Who does she think she is? Boy she really likes herself A LOT … knowing smile … humongous ego yes? Well. No. Not really. Not in the way you think. Tonight I’d like to talk about self love and how it’s bff is the ego. Let’s tell a little [...]
blinded by the …
“But he has so much POTENTIAL!” “If only you knew him like I knew him, you would like him too.” “He’s not THAT bad. He had a bad childhood.” “You’re just trying to keep us apart.” Okay okay … and okay. Wow. Those are direct quotes from prior relationships early on in recovery, when my [...]
and doggone it … people like me.
You made me feel … when you did this to me … I NEED you to … You have to … or I’m gonna … okay I’m making myself nauseated just typing this crap. But something that (I wanna talk about) can be an issue (because I wanna talk about it) is putting your responsibility [...]
optimistically inclined …
I had a new friend, with mucho knowledge of the blogging scene, (way before everyone blogged about their grocery lists and how well little Skippy did at soccer practice) tell me (somewhat jokingly) that if the site were renamed I Hate Recovery and I wrote as Amy Winehouse instead of Amy aka SassySoberGirl … the [...]
normal?
What becomes normal? Besides a cycle on a washing machine of course, normal is a relative term. Perhaps a better way to coin it is, what becomes familiar? For years, pain and misery, self doubt and shame, hatred and bitter remorse were our constant companions. How cool is it to wake up one day and [...]
F. E. A. R.
F**k Everything And Run … Face Everything And Recover. Opposite ends of the spectrum of this word called FEAR. It seems that this is a concurrent theme in the helter skelter world of life … especially in addiction. Not just the obvious cowering shiver of a fright night movie show, fear takes many forms. Perhaps [...]
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