I believe everyone is wounded in some way. For some of us that means we have to face the demons that we allow to torture us. The demons are thoughts, sentences, attitudes about us that we have experienced over our lifetime. So for the rest of our lives–unless we turn the demon train around–we will [...]
No matter what addiction a person uses; it is always for the same purpose. We use drugs, alcohol, sex, spending, video gaming, gambling, exercise, power, control, work, etc. to change the way we feel. When do we know that our use of an addiction has entered the danger zone? When other people tell us that [...]
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The feeling I least want to feel right now is sadness. Divorce is generally an emotional tsunami and I have been dealing with most everything except the sadness. I know that I can’t move on until I allow myself to mourn the person with whom I’ve have spent the last sixteen years of my life. [...]
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Alcoholics Anonymous started in 1935 and has spawned over 200 different types of twelve step meetings. One of the first to deal with feelings was ACOA–Adult Children of Alcoholics. It was a formula designed to touch on a lot of emotion–adult, children and alcoholic. Our reality is in our feelings. Our emotional patterns are established [...]
