Month: May 2013

respect – a meditation

  If I destroy you, I destroy myself. If I honor you, I honor myself. – Hunbatz Men, Mayan This quote reminds me that the way I treat others is the greatest indication of how I really feel about myself. When I am judgmental and critical of others, I am not accepting of myself. When…

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love, in the end – a meditation

    In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you love? How deeply did you learn to let go? — Buddha   In the time I’ve been in recovery, I have been learning what it truly means to give love and to receive it. As a young…

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Parents roundtable – Episode 22

In this episode, we are talking with parents who have found support and recovery. Some have children who are still actively drinking or drugging, while some of their children have found recovery, and some struggle with mental illness. Their children may be teens or adults. They will share their experience, strength, and hope with us…

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me too – a meditation

  “Me, too.” This is a quote that I yearned to hear my whole life. And it is something I truly heard in the meeting rooms of my Alanon home group(s). Realizing that I am not alone in my struggles and in my pain, realizing that other understand and accept me, this was imperative and…

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