Richeart
Status: Self-awareness is the beginning of all wisdom. Loving of "what is", is the path for recovery from the codependency addiction.
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Have a great day and weekend, enjoy loving yourselves. Your life, just as it is, is your own greatest gift to yourself. Yahoo! XOXOXOXO ;^)
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Sober for one year! I'll drink to that! Oops! Sorry, not funny... Still accepting the universe as it is, and me in it. As you were, have fun.
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I'm looking forward to next Tuesday. Despite what my DS Goal says, I actually quit drinking on Feb. 10th last year so my anniversary is coming up. Things are really good at the moment, so I'm...
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Go Cardinals! Go Steelers! (Either one would be fine with me.) Rich
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Now I'm beginning to wonder if the abandonment feeling has been causing all my avoidance of writing my resume' and applying for jobs. Fear of rejection seems awfully close to fear of abandonment. If...
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As I try to feel more, and it's not that easy to break the old habits, I happened on this feeling: "I" am the one who left me! I abandoned me. I was taught, somehow (no blame), that My needs and...
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Since shame is the cause of the codependency, I picked up my copy of Bradshaw's "Healing the Shame That Binds You", to review it. These things stood out: "Shame-based people are always addicted...
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A corollary to yesterday's entry is the effect and affect of abandonment in the Codependency cycle. The feelings of abandonment created by an alcoholic or addictive parent cause shame also; that the...
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The book was emotinally disturbing. Yesterday was extremely difficult. The feelings hit me hard. I will try to synthesize what I've learned so far. Codependency is based on shame. This is how it...
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Happy New Year everyone!
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I hope all our DS Friends are enjoying a great Christmas Day!
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everthing is fine at the moment, no big excitements. I'm not used to the boredom. It's a good place to be for a change. Basically, I feel good. Hope all my DS friends are well too. Until further...
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Just hanging in there. Lots of internal struggles still, but nothing to write about. Feeling strange, undirected; I can't really put my finger on my feelings at the moment, just staying in the...
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Mid-term exam tonight. I'm taking the morning off to study. Although calm, I am non-plused. No excitement. I did figure out how to rewire the bathroom switches. At first I was angry that the guy who...
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Low anxiety day yesterday. I'm enjoying the calm interlude. Still haven't started my term paper yet. Quiz tonight. Mid-term on the first seven chapters Tomorrow night. Time seems to be flying really...
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