My ninth grade year was a cluster. I had started high school in Edmond Oklahoma, then two weeks in, my family moved back to Nebraska. I soon realized how much I was losing – I was devastated. I had made multiple special music and drama groups in
Read more →Back on 2003, I began working through my recovery as a member of Al-Anon, a 12 step group for friends and family of problem drinkers. I found myself attending 2-3 meetings a week at a great group in Lewisville, Texas. It was here that I first worked
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I found a nugget of truth that hit hard tonight – from “Paths to Recovery” page 13 – “I finally realized my life had become unmanageable because I was so busy taking care of others that I had no time to take care of me.” How many
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It took me a while to recognize that my body tries its hardest to tell me when my life has become unmanageable. Ignoring this conversation only leads me down paths of rationalization and justification, mis-diagnosing myself, and denial. My body knows something is off and learning to
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Sixteen years of recovery work have taught me that I need to dig in deep to what particular words mean to me. (And seminary reinforced that with gusto.) How has my life become unmanageable in this relationship I have with the Church? It’s going to take a
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