Month: August 2013

The Family Afterwards, Part 1 – Speaker talk

Bob and Linda B. speak in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2004, on how the programs work in their family. They trade off during this two part talk, speaking of their experience, strength, and hope through the 12 steps. Part 1 takes us up to Steps 4 and 5. Part 2 will be published next week.  

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words – a meditation

  The words you speak become the house you live in. Hafiz I often find myself giving away my power and giving away my self-love. Whenever I say something negative about myself or say that someone makes me feel a certain away, I speak my truth. I used to think when I said things like…

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gratitude – a meditation

  Hardships prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. C.S. Lewis I am afraid of so many things, but most of all, I am afraid to get involved in conflict and I am afraid to set boundaries. I am afraid that if I do, I will be proven wrong and that my boundaries are wrong…

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Sibling round table – Episode 38

Today, we’re doing another roundtable episode with siblings of alcoholics and addicts. Jane and Rick share their experience growing up with alcoholic brothers. We ask them questions such as the following:   If your sibling started drinking in the home when you were a minor, how did that affect your relationship with them growing up?…

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summer – a meditation

  Every summer I listen and look under the sun’s brass and even into the moonlight, but I can’t hear anything, I can’t see anything — not the pale roots digging down, nor the green stalks muscling up, nor the leaves deepening their damp pleats, nor the tassels making, nor the shucks, nor the cobs….

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