Image credit: Photo by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons "I hate that you don't have a blog," said a woman about to undergo heart surgery, as she gazed sincerely up at her boyfriend, "I hate that I don't know what you're thinking." Mark and I burst into raucous laughter and had [...]
Posts under ‘the Junky’s Wife’
Measuring Love
Image credit: Photo by tripp-e on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons My daughter Janie ran up to me today, curls bouncing and eyes sparkling, and exclaimed enthusiastically, "Mama, I love you the most of anyone!" Then she thought for a moment and (clearly not wanting to leave her other loved ones out of the picture) [...]
The Junky’s Wife
Image credit: Art by moominsean on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons When I first started blogging, I had this notion that blogging was the province of teenagers and that most blog posts were written in the nearly incomprehensible idiom of text messaging. (Which does lead one to wonder why I started a blog...) In any [...]
Not the First Step
Image credit: Photo by 365bunnies on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Today I went to an event that included a reception beforehand with light refreshments and crowds of people I didn't know. While years of recovery work has me better equipped to step outside my usual comfort zone, these situations remain challenging for my introverted [...]
False Talismans
Image credit: Photo by Alé on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I took myself out to lunch today. Nothing fancy, just a fast food place. I was appropriately decked out for the occasion in my classy mom gear: a battered old college sweatshirt. The man waiting on me looked, I thought, older than I am. [...]
Updated Blogroll
Image credit: Photo by maher berro on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons My blogroll was long overdue for a makeover. As you all know, the rules are: comment regularly and ye shall be put on the blogroll. But oh, what a headache to keep track of all that myself! Enter a neat little piece of [...]
Working the 12 Steps Online
Image credit: Photo bybeachblogger on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons I have mentioned a few times that I'm working the 12 Steps with an online group, and several of you have asked where you can get in on the action yourselves. The group I'm working with is at The Junkies' Wives Club. We are currently on [...]
The Quest for Humility
Step 7: Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings Image credit: Photo by Trapac on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I've been going through the process of working the 12 Steps around my own personal craziness, and last week, I reached the point where I was supposed to humbly ask God to remove my shortcomings. [...]
Eureka! I Think I’ve Got It!
Image credit: Photo byCayusa on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons My brilliant friend Jay at Two Women Blogging suggested a workaround for my dilemma with linking to my work at the Second Road: I could post there and then wait some period of time before reposting the content here with a link. Ah ha! That satisfies [...]
Stop Calling Me Codependent!
In a recent discussion over at the Junky's Wives Club, The Junky's Wife commented that we need a better label than "codependent" for codependents. After all, I haven't met a codependent yet who doesn't hate that label. It just sounds so weak and awful. So few months ago, I took a personality test and was [...]
