What I thought was forgiveness was actually just releasing blame
Last week at our support group we read an excerpt about forgiveness from Love in a F*cked Up World by Dean Spade. The concept of “forgiveness” has always elicited a
Expect Resistance
Hello, dear friends. I hear over and over again about how people desperately want to make a change in their lives, but have no idea why they can’t make it
Socializing while sober & anti-capitalist resistance
Hello, dear friends. At our support group last week we discussed socializing while sober. Let me just say, this ain’t the first time that this has come up, and it
Why you don’t just feel better by now
Hello, dear friends. I have been thinking about this concept a lot lately. Sometimes it seems like we are doing everything right, yet we still feel lost. We think to
1:1 Recovery Coaching Now Available!
Hello dear friends! I am writing you on a Thursday because I’ll be driving to Wisconsin tomorrow. A dear family member is dying of prostate cancer. He’s said he is
The Impulse to Punish Myself
At our support group last week we discussed the impulse to punish ourselves by using substances. This is a common reason we get fucked up, and the impetus might just