Saoirse Love creates poetry that allows us to know her thoughts and feelings written during a manic episode.
4 POEMS ABOUT BI-POLAR WRITTEN DURING MANIA
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Author: marilynldavis
Stopped Using But the Thinking Didn’t Change?
By: Marilyn L. Davis “There are two kinds of people. One kind, you can just tell by looking at them at what point they congealed into their final selves. It might be a very nice self, but you know you can expect no more surprises from it. Whereas, the other kind keep moving, changing. They […]
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Become an ACTOR: Attitude Changes Transform our Recovery
When people are hopeful, trusting, and confident, it is easy to be optimistic about successes in recovery and those are positive attitudes to adopt. When we intentionally act as if, and become an actor, we often experience different results.
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A Voice from Al-Anon: Back in the Bleachers?
Whitney McKendree Moore learned to stay in the bleachers, cheering for her loved one’s “game” which she finally learned does not depend on her.
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NO MISTAKES? ARE YOU KIDDING?
By: Noelle Sterne “Many times what we perceive as an error or failure is actually a gift. And eventually we find that lessons learned from that discouraging experience prove to be of great worth.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway Uh-Oh __ I thought I’d made a terrible mistake. After receiving my […]
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Inside Voice: Insane or Intuition?
“We all have an inner voice, our personal whisper from the universe. All we have to do is listen — feel and sense it with an open heart. Sometimes it whispers of intuition or precognition. Other times, it whispers an awareness, a remembrance from another plane. Dare to listen. Dare to hear with your heart.” ― C.J. Heck, Bits, and Pieces: Short Stories from a Writer’s Soul
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Addiction Labels: Hurtful, Embarrassing, or a Beginning?
.By: Marilyn L. Davis “I sincerely hope that when you enter treatment, you make the most of the opportunities and solutions to help you change and that you begin to embrace this journey called recovery.” ~ Marilyn Davis A New Label: Participant Recently someone referred to you as a drug addict, alcoholic, […]
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8 Recovery Excuses and What They Really Mean
Most of us give excuses when we do not want to do something, or someone questions us about why, when, or how we did or did not do something.
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Dealing with Guilt in Your Recovery
Guilt motivates some people to change; they feel bad about their behaviors and they want these feelings to stop, so they change, and make amends.
Shame, however, often paralyzes people. Their distorted opinion of themselves leads them to believe that no one could forgive them for their actions; they think they are so worthless and undeserving of absolution that they often do not try to make amends.
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Hitting Bottom: High Ones, Low Ones, and Choosing One
Many people have tried to recover and hit yet another lower bottom because they keep trying unsuccessful methods. If this has happened to you, then this bottom can be the last if you do things differently.
I’ve always thought that the quote from Israelmore Ayivor speaks to all the ways we’ve tried to overcome our addiction on our own, and haven’t been successful. “You need to GIVE UP on methods that always give you wrong results… No matter how committed you are with a wrong formula, it always gives a wrong answer. Give up!”
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Do You Reject or Reinforce the Negative Messages?
These messages can have a harmful or harmful effect on you as an adult. When you still believe these old messages, you give them power over you.
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Recovery: Start Your Day With A ‘Done List’
By: Marilyn L. Davis “So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don’t sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.” —Lee Iacocca But There’s Sooo Much to Do! […]
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LIES OF AN ADDICT
By: Saoirse Love Now in your moonlight I rise alone Knowing you are not coming anymore And I ache for the seduction of your ghost form As I ache for any drug Once an addict In my waking dreams you appear A-ghostly-mirage Faded and pale As unreal as all your lost […]
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A Voice from Al-Anon: We’re All In This Alone Together
By: Whitney McKendree Moore Isolated in the Group? When I finally found my way into Al-Anon, I began to see what Lily Tomlin may have meant when she said, “We’re all in this alone together.” I had grown up in functional alcoholism and had then married it, so heads were nodding as I introduced myself […]
