Posts Tagged ‘codependency recovery’
Darlene Lancer Shares Her Thoughts on People-Pleasers
Author of Codependency for Dummies and Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You, Darlene Lancer shares her thoughts on people-pleasers … Are You a People-Pleaser? Do you ever feel trapped? When you want to say no, you feel guilty, but sometimes feel resentful when you say yes – damned if you do and damned…
Read MoreSteps to Self-Forgiveness and Overcoming Guilt
Self-forgiveness and overcoming guilt can be life-changing, and for those whose lives have been affected by guilt in the course of their involvement with an addict | alcoholic or as an addict | alcoholic, both can be critical steps in one’s long-term recovery process. To help us understand this concept, as well as essential steps…
Read MoreLet It Go – Nice Saying, But How?
“Let It Go.” For years I couldn’t relate to this phrase. It seemed so overused, and frankly one that got my blood boiling because it sounded so overly simplistic. Yet, it’s now one of my favorite phrases. In fact on heavy stress days, I’m practically chanting, “Let it go….” So how does it work for…
Read MoreCoping With Addiction in Your Family? Hang on…
Are you coping with addiction in your family? One of the more difficult things to do in families with addiction, in my opinion, is to “hang on” when things seem to be spiraling out of control. For so long, I never knew there was even a possibility of a different way — it just happened —…
Read MorePowerless Over Alcohol
Powerless over alcohol … For those who are not familiar with 12-step programs (such as AA or AlAnon), the first step is to admit you are powerless over alcohol. I recall reading and hearing this and thinking “they” were nuts. How could anyone be powerless over alcohol? And, how could a person who is not…
Read MoreMake Time to Worry (and NOT) – Help for Families of Alcoholics | Addicts
Help for families of alcoholics | addicts – make time to worry (and NOT) – because we Worry. Worry. Worry. So much so that we can’t seem not to worry! At least that was true for me. Over the past decades of loving and living with various loved ones’ alcohol abuse and alcoholism, I was…
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