Image credit: Photo by ashley.adcox on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons "Do you remember what you said to me when I first started talking about God?" Mark asked the other day, "You said, 'I am willing to try to work through this sex addiction crap, but if you ever become a Christian, I swear, I [...]
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Recovery is Sexy
Image credit: Photo by Eternal ☼ Sunshine on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons It was raining the night I first kissed my husband. The wind was hissing and howling through the bare branches of the trees, rattling the last of the dead leaves still clinging to their posts. Before we kissed, we twined our hands [...]
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 [...]
I’m One of Those People
Image credit: Photo by Sarah and Mike ...probably on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Before my first child was born, I swore to friends and family members that I wasn't going to be one of those people. You know the kind. The ones who would pull out pictures of their newborn and expect me to [...]
Guest Post: There’s Hope on the Other Side
Today's guest post comes from a reader who does not have a blog of her own, but has been looking for an opportunity to reach out to other people who are struggling: to share her experiences and the hope that has been born from her own tragedies... Image credit: Photo by Pandiyan on Flickr Licensed [...]
The Power to Carry It Out
Comic courtesy of xkcd (I think this may be my favorite comic ever in the history of the world.) I (in my real life, pseudonymless state) have been participating recently in a book discussion with a group of friends online. And things have gotten heated. I have opinions. Other people have opinions. Other people have [...]
What Would a Healthy Person Do?
Image credit: Photo by c@rljones on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons When I first discovered my husband's addiction, I knew I was going to need healing from the pain and devastation I was facing, so I looked for support groups for partners. But I couldn't seem to find plain old support; all I could find [...]
Hobbling Toward Humility
Image credit: Photo by [desta] on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons When I was a child, my mother used to drag me off to church every Sunday. Oh, how I hated it, and I told her so. "I hated going to church when I was little too," she told me, "But then, when I was [...]
Second Step Haikus
Image credit: Photo by 10 Ninjas Steve on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Lost in the desert: chase the phantom oasis, a shimmering dream. Cracked dry lips, parched tongue are driven by fantasy toward the horizon. I don't know what's real, and when at last I collapse, I cry in despair. The way I've done [...]
Other People Have Higher Powers Too
Image credit: Photo by Tonyç on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons My husband and I go out regularly without our children, but until recently we had never been away overnight. Difficulties with sleep are common among children with autism, and my son has only just (at age seven) settled into something like a reliable sleep [...]
