Tag: Adult Children of Alcoholics

Posted on in Al-Anon, Step Two

Get off the “Crazy Carousel” with the help of a Higher Power: My thoughts on Step Two

Click hereĀ to read the introduction to my 12 Step Series and find links to all of my 12 Step posts in one place as they become available.Ā 

Step Two: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves

could restore us to sanity.

Step Two is about believing a Higher Power could be out there (if you donā€™t already believe it when you come into the program) and that this Higher Power could help you finally get off the “Crazy Carousel” – because do you really want to go another round on that thing? Let me be honest with you: Step Two was strangely hard for me. I had more than one complaint about this Step and I struggled.

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Posted on in Step One

Finding out I am powerless over Alcohol: My thoughts on Step One

Click hereĀ to read the introduction to my 12 Step Series and find links to all of my 12 Step posts in one place as they become available.Ā 

Step One: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol –

that our lives had become unmanageable.

At its core, Step One is about understanding and completely accepting that we cannot control other people. It might sound simple enough in theory but it can be really hard for many of us Adult Children of Alcoholics to allow this truth to settle into our minds and hearts. (more…)

Posted on in Book Reviews, Children & Parenting

The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children by Dr. Shefali Tsabary, PhD

The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children by Dr. Shefali Tsabury is a parenting book with a unique view on the parent-child relationship apart from the traditional ā€œDIY disciplinaryā€ books that have been on shelves for so many years. (more…)

Posted on in Adult Children of Alcoholics, The Walking Dead

Why Maggie Rhee is a Powerful Force to be Reckoned with

SPOILER WARNING! By reading further, you take full responsibility for what you may or may not discover about the current happenings inĀ the world of The Walking Dead. If you are not caught up with the TV series and do not wish to find out information that will, you know, SPOIL it for you, donā€™t read on. For real. We’re all accountable for ourselves here.

Last weekā€™s episode of The Walking Dead (Season 7, Episode 5: ā€œGo Gettersā€) was one of those rare episodes that felt hopeful and heartwarming and happy to meā€¦and thatā€™s saying something since itā€™s the zombie apocalypse and all.

So can we just talk about Maggie?

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