Category: Recover Me
Soap Box Warning…
Yesterday, I got an email from a friend, asking me to speak to a family member whose loved one is currently in the hospital with liver failure. This is kind of call is a common occurrence. And like any newcomer to a meeting, the friend offered a litany of problems that the family member shared […]
Working Your Way Out of a Corner
For a number of years, I worked seasonally at Williams Sonoma. I loved this job. For the first couple of years, I worked the cash register but then one day, someone who worked inventory called in sick and they asked for volunteers to open boxes. “I’ll do it.” I said, thinking it would be a […]
I’m So Mad…
In the beginning, I didn’t say the word ‘addiction’ out loud. It was too scary. I think this is what the professionals call denial, which has a purpose. It seeks to protect you. But, only for a while. At some point, we have to face whatever it is that we are afraid of. Somewhere deep […]
Do Your Own Work
I share my experience, strength and hope with family members all of the time. I don’t give advice. I am not a professional. And I am not the god of anyone else’s understanding. I have no business telling you what to do. How does it help to share my experience, strength and hope? That is […]
Transfer of Energy
Family members, you create an environment based off of the energy you put out into the world. Take a look at yourself. What kind of energy are you emitting? […]
Spirituality & Recovery Conference
I know, I know. I’ve been AWOL. My website is having some buggy-bot-y issues and I have someone working on it. It is above my pay grade. This problem somehow made it so that a fraction of my subscribers get these posts. Please bear with us. Hopefully we will have a resolution soon and you […]
Upcoming Nashville Event…
Will you be in the Nashville Tennessee area next weekend? If you will, come join me, Alana White and Julie Cragon–all Nashville Catholic Writers at St. Mary’s Bookstore from 11am -1pm. […]
How Do I Recover Self?
I have come up with a personal thesis regarding addiction. I say it often and for good reason: I want you to remember it. Addiction is dis-ease, dis-order & disconnection in our relationships to God, self & others. I think the first set (1-3) of steps deal with our relationship to God. The second set […]