admin on February 23rd, 2010

I read a study from two years ago that suggested anxiety as the root cause of addiction. That study really resonated with me because I grew up in a very stressful home. Our home was dominated by the disease of alcoholism.
But maybe your home was dominated by someone addicted to religion, power, work, money, etc. [...]

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admin on January 27th, 2010

My 33rd year of recovery from alcohol addiction began Nov. 24, 2009. Needless to say to anyone living a spiritual quest, many emotions are stirred up during an anniversary.
In taking another 5th step, I realized that I had recreated the home of my childhood (aftermath of my recent fifth step). I had the good mommy [...]

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admin on December 2nd, 2009

I love to collect quotations. I have been doing it for over thirty years so have accumulated quite a few. With the growth of excellent sites for quotations, I have quit collecting them and began using them in posts.
My favorite quotation sites are:
1. The quote garden: has been online for 11 years and have concise [...]

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