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The ‘higher power’ and relationships…
Image via Wikipedia “A definition of Interdependence is, “a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities.” The key word here is: “reciprocal”. Interdependence can be thought of as a...
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Enough for everyone…
Image via Wikipedia One sweltering summer day, I sought escape from the heat at a nearby beach. Lying there with my lemonade, I looked at all the people soaking up the sun. No matter how many people...
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Surrender
Surrender... “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. Step Three of Al-Anon; Surrendering to a Power greater than ourselves is how we become...
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Facing Our Dark Side
Image by dawneday via Flickr Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. — Step Four of Al-Anon By the time we get to the Fourth of the Twelve Steps, we are ready to face our darker...
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Practice Detachment
Melody Beattie shares this on detachment today… “‘My husband is using cocaine,” a woman said. “He won’t listen to me when I tell him to stop. So, how about this? I’ll pop the movie Blow, about cocaine...
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Crazy People Can Make You Crazy
“He’s making me crazy I don’t understand. Why would someone say they were going to do one thing, then do something so different from what they say? He looks so good and talks so good. His promises...
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The Gift of Readiness
Melody Beattie writes: “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 our ability, on...
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Letting Go of Self-Doubt
A second shot of Melody Beattie for today: A married woman who had recently joined Al Anon called me one afternoon. She worked part-time as a registered nurse, had assumed all the responsibilities for...
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The Gift of Readiness
Melody Beattie writes: “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 our ability, on...
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A Better Way
The following is an long excerpt from Melody Beattie’s book ‘Codependent no more’ that I stumbled across in my morning reading today: DETACHMENT It (detachment) is not detaching from the person whom we...
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