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- edit Trying to stay strong Friday, May 31, 2013Wow things are a bit out of control around me, and as I write these words I realize that I can choose to stay outside of the chaos of others.......AH continues to drink, things had slowed down a bit...
- This post addresses the fact that for us family members there is personal recovery!Since I have what will be a difficult conversation looming with my narcissistic personality disordered employer....I was thinking about how the lessons learned in...
- About a year and a half ago, when I first came here to DS, someone (probably Katrinka) recommended the book Codependent No More. I will be forever grateful. All I had to do was read the introduction and the first chapter, and there I was on the...
- I have vowed to AH and mostly to myself to step away, RUN AWAY, from control, interaction, investment in his drinking. He has made the ultimatum that he is NOT going to stop drinking and I am to be responsible to provide him with some peace and...
- I have gotten lazy, I think in the study of detachment. Since AH has entered into a full blown relapse. I am renewing my commitment to myself. By the power of Divine Guidance I found the book " the language of letting go: daily meditations on...
- If ti thought yesterday was a rant day....... Last night was over the top. A binge day for him, worse than usual. I came home from work to a house reeking of sour vodka, and a husband denying he drank and telling me I was hallucinating the smell. I...
- I am not good at asking for help. I am good at ranting, intellectualizing, and pretending I am strong. But today I need some help and prayers.( see my journal entry for details if you want) Yesterday was a binge day, He drank...... I tried so hard...
- Hi everyone! I just wanted to introduce myself. I have bee participating in the DS friend and family of addicts group, and only just now stumbled upon this. I love the idea of specifically wives of alcoholics. I look forward to interacting with...
- I wrote a long journal entry this morning because I feel something slowly changing in me. This weekend was rough for me on a few levels. The weekend alcohol withdrawal" virus" infected AH again, as it usually does. This weekend he was especially...
- I am loving this.... Is any one doing the Oprah 21 day meditation challenge?. Well worth it, just sign up and they will email you the reminder/ link daily. Takes just fifteen minutes. The focus is on perfect health and balance. Just go to...
- Okay everyone, this is a rhetorical question, (no one can answer itbetter than the reply I just read from wish kitty on the discussion board ) but I am asking anyway ....WHAT IS UP WITH THIS STUPIDITY?I have accepted the fact that AH will never be...
- This might seem an odd entry, but here goes. Because of the blizzards and being stuck in the house for four full days with AH I was a real eye opener for me. I wrote a journal entry this morning with my feelings about that. The long and short of it...
- several days ago I came home to a drunk husband. No need for details you have all been there, but I was livid because the irresponsibility of it led to consequences that hurt me deeply. My little doggie had a severe case of gastroenteritis and he...
- I found this beautiful blessing by the poet John o' Donohue, it is entitled: FOR THE PARENTS OF ONE WHO HAS COMMITTED A CRIMEI think it also addresses addiction beautifully as well.I offer this Blessing to all of you. Love jms No one else can see...
- So.... Hubby is doing the usual slide back into bad habits. Had a successful Few weeks ( maybe the truth is success at hiding his drinking). My goal for now is to find a place of peace within myself and try to stay there. Since there is no way to...