Even, through my thirties, I had not learned to appropriately respond to harmful behaviors and words. Consistently, my uninformed and humiliating reactions stole the show,…
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 newly learning faith, hope, and courage, practices not witnessed by me, in my childhood, with my family. Sadly, No Contact, as a last resort, is how I 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.
Thanks for letting me go. Nearly 5 decades chasing or running from you–was no way to live and no longer how I understand and do love. …
Things that once caused me shame: My thin awkward body and brownish (non-white) skin My name–the one assigned to me at birth My inability to…
From Liz Earnshaw (Click anywhere on this post to read more from her): There is a phenomenon in families known as homeostasis (really, in any…
I did not comprehend or grasp anything close to sane thinking before entering into my program of recovery. After my first Al-Anon meeting, I attended…
I am beyond excited for my upcoming and long awaited appointment to finish my back-piece tattoo, a sprawling octopus which we began more than a…
I have lived many sad years, decades actually. Life, even on the most special of days, has been that, for me. So, when asked what…
After posting the image to IG, I was reminded of the Brene Brown Video called the Anatomy of Trust. She makes it clear to see…
I was terrified and ashamed and I did not know what to do, for much of my life. With the only consistent direction: “Be somebody…
In recovery, my greatest endeavor and achievement to date, I get to have a God Of My Understanding (GOMU). Before connecting with my very own GOMU,…