Step Ten says: “Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.” It does not suggest that we ignore what is right in our life.…

“I’m tired of working so hard to be skinny, wearing the latest clothes, and trying to get my makeup just right,” Gina, a beautiful woman, said to me one…

Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. — STEP TEN OF AL-ANON Once we have worked our way to this Step, we can…

A friend called me one day. His shiny new car was in the garage for repairs again. “I should have gotten a truck, something practical, that would start every…

I used to spend so much time reacting and responding to everyone else that my life had no direction. Other people’s lives, problems, and wants set the course for…

“Self-esteem is so elusive,” said Amanda. “I’ve been working on my self-esteem for years. The harder I work at it, the less I seem to have.” I believe we…

I know I’m controlling, but so is my husband. Possibly more controlling than I am. Each time I set out to leave him, each time I started to walk…

We may do less-than-logical things to cope with tragic events. We don’t do these things because we’re silly. We do them because it’s the only way we know to…

It’s one thing to let go of my husband and let him suffer the consequences. But how do I let go of my children? Isn’t it different with children?…