Sometimes, we don’t have one clear feeling to express. We have a bunch of garbage we’ve collected, and we just need to dump. We may be frustrated, angry, afraid,…

Go with the flow. Let go of fear and your need to control. Relinquish anxiety. Let it slip away, as you dive into the river of the present moment,…

Sometimes things need to feel worse before they get better. Feelings are one of those things. When a feeling comes to the surface, it presents itself boldly. Usually the…

Let yourself have a good gripe session.—WOMEN, SEX, AND ADDICTIONBY CHARLOTTE DAVIS KASL, PH.D. Get it out. Go ahead. Get it all out. Once we begin recovery, we may…

Sometimes we get stuck on a feeling. We don’t want to acknowledge it and give it its due. So we tell ourselves we’re too intelligent or busy to feel…

Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.— STEP SEVEN OF AL-ANON In the Sixth and Seventh Steps of the program, we become willing to let go of our defects…

We begin recovering. We begin taking care of ourselves. Our recovery program starts to work in our life, and we begin to feel good about ourselves. Then it hits.…

Today in the United States, we celebrate our nation’s independence. Why not take a moment to celebrate your independence as well? Whether you’ve found freedom from an addiction or…

Take time to celebrate. Celebrate your successes, your growth, your accomplishments. Celebrate you and who you are. For too long you have been too hard on yourself. Others have…