Image credit: Art by zedzap on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Like many people, I walked into my first 12 Step meeting never expecting to wind up there, with no clue what to expect other than what Hollywood had taught me (which I soon learned was nothing accurate). The meetings I first started attending were [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2009’
I Only Have Five Minutes
Image credit: Art by badboy69 on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Today, I ran into a situation that would have caused me enormous frustration in the past. I'd finished my work around the house, I'd eaten my lunch, I'd even written a blog post about how I couldn't write a blog post and I was [...]
Inspiration Lost Haikus
On my morning walk, a thousand perfect phrases flooded through my head. I dashed in the door, sat down at the computer and found they're all gone.
Being Where I Am
Image credit: Art by cjelli on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Five months ago, after a four and a half year hiatus, I once again started attending a 12 Step group for partners of sex addicts. I had just finished working the Steps with an online group and my intention was to join the group [...]
What Causes Sex Addiction?
Image credit: Art by catnapping on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons In a comment on a recent Second Road post, patti asked what the possible causes of sex addiction are. I imagine nearly everyone whose life has been affected by addiction asks some version of the same question: Why do addicts do what they do? [...]
In Which I Wish Addiction (and Recovery) on the World
Image credit: Photo by JustinLowery.com on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons This weekend, for the first time in my life, I had the opportunity to hear a sex addict from my husband's recovery group speaking about his experiences. I know my husband's story, about as intimately as anyone else can; in a way, it's my [...]
No Answers
Image credit: Detail of a photo by Carla216 on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons This week, when our family pet went missing and later turned up dead, I did an obsessive imitation of some of my favorite literary detectives; like Sherlock Holmes, I tried to piece together the smallest clues and like Hercule Poirot, I [...]
Caring for Myself
Image credit: Photo by hyperbolic pants explosion on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons There's a picture of me somewhere, when my son was a few months old, sitting at the computer and uploading pictures of him to share. I got lots of advice to sleep when the baby slept. I was told by plenty of [...]
Asking for What I Need
Image credit: Photo by c@rljones on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Earlier this week, I had a rough morning with my daughter, my son was sick, I had an IEP meeting scheduled (those of you who don't know what that is, be glad you don't) and on top of it all, I couldn't find a [...]
Let God What?
Image credit: Photo by Will Foster on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I've been giving a lot of thought recently to the 12 Step saying: "Let go and let God." I was talking to a (non-program) friend about those words a few weeks ago and she asked, "What does that mean? Let go and let [...]
