How have I never heard the term Interdependent until recently?! (two marriages later). I've discovered that most people are somewhat familiar with the term codependent but not interdependent, just like me. It's taken me two marriages and a whole lot of legal battles, losses, and lessons learned to understand that I am a codependent (unhealthy) with [...]
Category: Self Help
“God’s House”
I heard one of my recent program participants refer to my sober living home as "God's House". Coming from a very religious background I could easily see one of my active family members gasping at even the very notion that anything other than a building affiliated with the church could be assigned such a label... sacrilege!! [...]
3 Ways to tell if you are a Delusional Coward that will destroy Everything and Everyone you come in contact with (including yourself).
You drink, drug, gamble, sex, lie, control others, rage, manipulate (or any other flavor of destructive behaviors) to the point that it has documented itself to be a negative element in your life and/or the life of those around you....... yet you keep doing it. To quote my brother 11 years ago (on my sobriety [...]