Image credit: Photo by the italian Jonathan on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons A few days ago, a columnist I generally like wrote a satirical piece on sex addiction rehab (one I won't link to here, due to its triggering nature). He's a liberal columnist, so the comments were populated with lots of LOLs and [...]
Posts under ‘serenity’
What Are You Going to Do Now?
Image credit: Photo by Frank Peters on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I shared in a meeting recently about my fear around my husband's business trips and how that fear is a reminder to me to connect with my Higher Power. After the meeting a newcomer asked me what I'm going to do now: I [...]
Business Trip Phobia
Image credit: Photo by sweetteaindahouse on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I fear business trips. But it's not my own business trips I fear — as a mom who left corporate work behind some nine years ago, I don't get those myself anymore — it's my husband's. When Mark was active in his sex addiction, [...]
The Wisdom to Know the Difference
Image credit: Photo by Ron Layters on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons A month or so ago, I did something I dread and despise: I took a trip on an airplane. When I fly, the joy is entirely in the destination and not at all in the journey. The flight fills me with terror: terror [...]
Moving on the Path
Image credit: Photo by dhammza on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons A few weeks ago, I volunteered to act as secretary for my 12 Step group. However, after just one meeting in my new role, I contracted the raging, beastly stomach flu direct from the bowels of Satan and had to hand the secretary duties [...]
Grief and Recovery
Image credit: Photo by Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons When I first found out about my husband's sex addiction, a therapist suggested that I go to a grief support group. The suggestion felt so uncomfortable to me that I never did follow through on it. I thought, "How are these [...]
Night 4/Day 5: Coming Home
"When the night has comeAnd the land is darkAnd the moon is the only light we'll see,No, I won't be afraid.No, I won't be afraidJust as long as you stand,Stand by me."~Ben E King, "Stand By Me"I was looking forward to the ride to the airport with my friend Pat to end my trip. I [...]
