Image credit: Photo by Stefano A on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons "Is Tiger Woods a sex addict?" "What do you think about Tiger?" "Aren't you going to write about Tiger Woods?" The questions have been peppering my inbox, but I've been avoiding the topic. On the one hand, I love a good celebrity sex [...]
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Asking for Help
Image credit: Photo by Jose Téllez on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons You know why I hate the word codependent? (And although I have taken on that label, I still truly do.) It has the word "dependent" right there in the word. Weak, wussy little "dependent." It practically whines at you: "I'm so helpless. I [...]
Our Disease
Image credit: Photo by 9stitches11stars on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons In the first 12 Step meeting I attended, a group for friends and relatives of sex addicts, I heard repeated references to "our disease." And "our disease" — codependency — supposedly compelled us to engage in codependent behaviors: things like spying on and stalking [...]
The Racial Issue
Image credit: Photo by GarySmith70 on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons "Mama, I'm half black, half white," Janie calls to me from where she's playing in the living room. I'd been wondering when this day would come, the day when my biracial daughter would finally notice race and start talking about herself in racial terms. [...]
The Autism Label
Image credit: Photo by Meredith_Farmer on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons When my son was two, he was not speaking, and our pediatrician gave us a series of referrals to begin the process of having him "evaluated." Since speech delays can be caused by hearing loss, we made a trip to the nearest children's hospital, [...]
