For a long time I kind of disagreed with the saying in recovery communities, "Act as if..."  It means you can act like a courageou...

For most of my life I had no idea that my problem was my mind.  I thought my mind was me and I believed everything I thought was correct.  N...

I've been noticing for quite awhile now that a lot of people are riddled with shame and have it mixed up with guilt.  Lucky for me, in t...

"Denial is invigorating - like inertia wih attitude.  It allows you to be defiant while doing nothing at all."  (from a short stor...

For the past several weeks I've been gradually going through all my hundreds of books and ditching the ones that I don't need anymor...

I really like living by myself.  There are a lot of advantages, not the least of which is being able to set my own agenda every day and not ...

My youngest children with disabilities both turned 41 this year.  They came to me through the foster care system when they were just babies ...

The day after Christmas I dreamed that I had decided to take my wheelchair to a nearby town to take care of some important business.  It...

I really hate it that any attitude I take that isn't acceptance is self-pity.  I've tried and tried to escape the truth of this.  I ...

One of the benefits of living alone and journaling every day is that the ideas that pop into my head often get recorded - if they seem to be...

Once I leave "stuff" on a surface, the next thing I know, there's a whole lot more "stuff."  This is particularly tr...

I am the queen of clutter working toward being a minimalist.  Ever so often I notice that "stuff" has piled up everywhere again.  ...

I'm really sure about the changes I want to make in my life.  I've never lied to myself about it - not even for one moment.  But som...

For the past year I've had a 32 year old roommate.  She "ran away from home" (a difficult situation in her marriage) and event...

Let's see now - I've been practicing the principles of the program on a daily basis for over 29 years.  You would think I would have...

I heard in a meeting a few months ago - "When I go to sleep at night, everything I've learned in the program falls out of my head a...

November is national novel writing month.  I can't remember where I heard about it but it was at least two years ago.  It's a not-ve...

When we were going to counseling - my attempt to get Ron to take better care of his health so that he wouldn't die which didn't work...

I think my brain is put together incorrectly.  Luckily I have lots and lots of friends with the same problem so I get plenty of understandin...

It's a wonderful thing to be able to travel through Montana, Utah, Washington, most of California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma fro...