Few situations—no matter how greatly they appear to demand it—can be bettered by us going berserk.— CODEPENDENT NO MORE Don’t panic! If a swimmer was crossing a great lake,…

We can’t relax when we’re being judgmental. As soon as we decide that a thing or situation is either good or bad, we place ourselves in the situation of…

Have some fun—with life, with the day. Life is not drudgery; that is an old belief. Let go of it. We are on an adventure, a journey. Events will…

If we believe our relationships or jobs are finite situations, then it becomes easy to feel stressed if things don’t go the way we planned in the time frame…

It doesn’t matter if they’re hurting themselves. It doesn’t matter that we could help them if they’d only listen to, and cooperate with, us. IT DOESN’T MATTER, DOESN’T MATTER,…

In Find and Use Your Inner Power, author Emmet Fox used the metaphor of trying to force a key into the lock to unlock the door. When we’re tense…

Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.— STEP SIX OF AL-ANON We progress to the Sixth Step by working diligently, to the best of…

“Hey Killer, how about relaxing the old death grip there.” Why did he always say that? Probably because I always got nervous and held the yoke too tightly. Rob,…

Shame can hold us back, hold us down, and keep us staring at our feet.— BEYOND CODEPENDENCY Watch out for shame. Many systems and people reek of shame. They…