Loving an Addict without Losing Yourself
Understand that you cannot understand. That’s the first hurdle. If you do not have addictive tendencies yourself, you will never truly...
Dirty Words
Understand that the “rest of the world” doesn't understand After years of working in recovery circles, the terms “alcoholic” and “addict”...
Sweet Surrender
I have some close friends who play in a rock & roll band on the club circuit. They were performing at a club in my town that I choose not...
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
My husband often says that his definition of respect is based on seeing someone acting in a manner that he, given the same set of...
Love is Cool Like That
My husband’s friend Alan passed away this week. I didn’t like Alan. “Oily” would be the word I would use to describe him. He was a ex-con...