Category Archives: Step 3: Breaking Free
God’s Grace
Even when it’s our fault Just like those that hurt us (see last week’s Letting Go post), we hurt others in many ways. Sometimes we do it intentionally. Selfishly. We say something in anger that cuts to the bone. Wegossip. We ignore another person’s needs or requests. Other times we do it by…
Letting Go
Letting God It’s impossible to get through this life without being wounded bypeople who cross our path. Sometimes those wounds are intentional—an evil or insensitive person actually sets out to do us harm. But far more frequently we get hurt because of someone else’s brokenness or cluelessness. They didn’t mean to cause pain, but…
Unpacking the Baggage
Getting past the past In the book of Isaiah it urges us to “forget the former things; do not dwell in the past“, but how do you really do that? We often think we’ve finally gotten beyond it and then something happens and all those same old memories and feelings wash over us…
Write What?
Journaling your journey We often suggest that our clients try journaling to help expedite their recovery process. Their reaction has not always positive. We’ve had more than a few that have gotten the “green-around-the-gills” look of someone who is about to upchuck. After stuttering and stammering they mumble something about not being much of…
Unraveling the Confusion
Do we REALLY have choices? Addiction seems full of contradictions. One of the most puzzling centers around the idea of choice. Do we still have the power to choose when we’re struggling with compulsive behaviors? The very definition of compulsion seems devoid of choice. The Merriman-Webster dictionary defines a compulsion as an IRRESISTABLE, PERSISTENT…
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