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- This is how I feel I have been treated. He has an EXTREMELY violent past, and this is how it has touched me.When I acknowlege this, It helps me realize what I've been through. It hurts. It's over between us, only 7 days with no contact between...
- I am hurting. The emotional abuse is like a stairway step, it escalates, then retreats, and sometimes he is sweet, but overall it is a climb into a very painful existence.I'm relieved to discover a betrayal, because it finally gives me a reason to...
- Today I will practice detachment by letting go of things. I can't control. Detachment means standing back and looking at a situation without having a hand in it. Watching fireworks is practicing detachment. Flying a kite is not. Allowing friends the...
- Today I will practice detachment by letting go of things. I can't control. Detachment means standing back and looking at a situation without having a hand in it. Watching fireworks is practicing detachment. Flying a kite is not. Allowing friends the...
- He's been really suspicious and accusational, and I am very open and honest with him, so it leads me to doubt his honesty.He's been secretive and giving up hope. He's going through recent relapse and possibly re-relapse, I don't know. He's getting...
- I went to an AA sobriety birthday party today. Dick is 93 years old, goes to meetings daily, and turned 59 years sober today. I feel so blessed to know this man. He reminds us of the importance of sticking in the meetings where we find people...
- How do you Let go, let God?I have this stress about lack of new job training, and I am a mess about it.I finally realized I need to "turn it over" to my higher power. To keep from taking it back, and ruminating and stewing about it, I imagine it in...
- June 5, 2008Ending The CycleStart Today One of the hardest things in life is feeling stuck in a situation that we dont like and want to change. We may have exhausted ourselves trying to figure out how to make change, and we may even have given up....
- This counselor, I have seen her 3 times in 6 years, through a domestic violence agency. We've had minor issues. This time as I shared last week, she suggested a break if I don't decide to end this relationship in the next month, because she has to...
- I wanted to hear from others who entered AA due to problems other than alcohol, which lead them to understand sobriety and recovery meant abstinance from alcohol, even if it wasn't immediately recognized as a "problem". This was my situation, and...
- As I shared last week, counselor says she's not helping me if I stay in this relationship and we should take a break if I don't decide otherwise in a month. I may have this a little unclear, as far as she was able to describe it differently. I am...
- Today at counseling she told me if I don't decide to stay away from him in the next month then the counseling is not helping me and I'll have to take a break from counseling. It is a Domestic Violence agency. She knows the relationship involves...
- Today at counseling she told me if I don't decide to stay away from him in the next month then the counseling is not helping me and I'll have to take a break from counseling. It is a Domestic Violence agency. She knows the relationship involves...
- Today at counseling she told me if I don't decide to stay away from him in the next month then the counseling is not helping me and I'll have to take a break from counseling. It is a Domestic Violence agency. She knows the relationship involves...
- How many AA meetings do you like to attend each week? What other 12 Step meetings do you attend?I did an average of a meeting a day my first 2 years. This 3rd year I have slacked off and I'm not liking it. I'm hoping to have a work schedule that...