One of the big mind-blowing paradigm shifts for me when I entered recovery was learning about the Drama Triangle. This was totally new information for me, and it opened my eyes to seeing a whole different perspective on my own behavior in many relationships. You will find the Drama Triangle in the Recovery Models illustrating…
In recovery, we try to speak from our own experience. We have seen enough chaos and tried enough theories to know that our own strength, hope, and experience is really the only concrete thing we have to offer. Today’s topic is one that is near and dear to my heart, because it has affected deeply…
Once a month on our blog, we will be featuring Q&A’s with Rhyll Croshaw. This content was originally found on our sister site, rhyllrecovery.com, but will now be a part of our Women’s Discussion here. Thanks to Rhyll for her insights and willingness to share her strength, hope, and experience with all of us. Please…
Over the past few weeks, our house has been painted. As we’ve cleared furniture and decorations from the walls, I have had this driving urge to remove every speck of dust and debris from my home. I have felt the shame of the sticky soot on the top of my cabinets. I have pledged to…
I don’t know about you, but about 4 weeks ago when the school bell rang for the last time, any semblance of structure and order flew out of my life as quickly as the kids flew out the school doors. From unpredictable sleep schedules to summer camps to the endless parade of doorbell rings that…
Once a month on our blog, we will be featuring Q&A’s with Rhyll Croshaw. This content was originally found on our sister site, rhyllrecovery.com, but will now be a part of our Women’s Discussion here. Thanks to Rhyll for her insights and willingness to share her strength, hope, and experience with all of us. Please…
At SA Lifeline, we have learned from our own experience the gifts of working the 12 Steps. We can see from our own stories the difference between the chaos of our lives before recovery, and the peace we feel as we work at putting God at our center through our 12 Step Work and Surrender.…
So yesterday evening, my daughter came running out frantically from her bedroom, “Mom! The toilet is flooding the bathroom!” I sighed and dropped the dishes I was doing and walked down the hall to check it out. To my surprise, there was literally an inch of water covering the floor of the kids’ bathroom, running…
People who are well-versed in addiction recovery are familiar with the term “dailies.” For an addict, dailies include small actions they commit to on a daily basis to keep them on track for recovery and sobriety. These dailies might include Step Study, reaching out to a sponsor, or journaling. As the partner of an addict, I…
Recovery is all about developing new attitudes. I didn’t come to recovery until I had reached a point where I was forced to admit that my old attitudes weren’t working. Although this was extremely painful, it ended up being my first blessing of the program. Keeping the focus on myself. This was a new concept;…