Nothing good is born out of shame. Ever. And it does not resolve itself over time. If we don’t intentionally work to heal it, shame makes us…
Author: Magda Gee
I am in a program of recovery for those whose lives have been affected by someone else's drinking, drug use, mental illness. I am new to the experiences of faith and hope and courage, qualities absent for me in proximity to my family. No Contact has been the way to keep safe from diminishing words and actions directed at me. I think I have listened for the last time to how I deserve mistreatment. By holding out for something more wholesome and loving, I have been both banished and demanded to return. I prefer serenity to proximity. I will continue with my program and faith in the best possible outcome, so long as I do my part-- to stalk GOD as if my life depends on it.
From Strengthening My Recovery p13- January 12 Trait One “We became isolated and afraid of people and authority figures.” Big Red Book p.10 So many…
This is my 11th day since receiving my daily reader. Below is the daily reading for January 11, titled False Self: Many of us couldn’t be…
I was thinking how little I have in common with my family of origin. And then I realized HEY: for most of my life, we…
Without recovery, I would still possess only the tools and beliefs of dysfunction; a fixed mindset with a Zero-sum mentality– all conflicts resulting in a…
The deep seated angst of hoping and begging for peace and resolution- was relieved on the day which I received notice, by a lady whom…
To be introverted means that I prefer solitude and derive energy from quiet time, alone. I don’t completely hate socializing, but I prefer not to. I…
“You are either in agreement with (like) us or against us.” That mentality is the ancestral curse and cycle which I strive to crush, one…
My grandmother visited my childhood home a few times a year and I alllllwaaaays looked forward to her arrival. She was radiant, popular, and very…
Though I am intimately familiar with the energy and attitudes which I have always identified in the “serves you right- types”, I have only just…