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What Does It Take To Get Your Life Back?

by beverlybuncher on 12. Jun, 2010 in 12 Steps Program, Addiction, Al Anon, Alateen, Alcohol, Bill Wilson, Darren Littlejohn, Drug Prevention, Family Recovery Coaching, Florida Nar-Anon, Focus on You, Hal and Sidra Stone, Illinois Nar-Anon, Nar-Anon, Narcotics, Prescription Drug Addiction, Recovery, Recovery Book Reviews, Relapse, Relapse Prevention, Steroids Study, Switching Addictions, Teen Binge Drinking, Uncategorized, aspects of self, children of addicts, dads of addicts, dialogue house, forgiveness, moms of addicts, parents of addicts, parts work, spirituality, spouses of addicts

Ever notice how addicting being involved with an addict or alcoholic can be? The up and down of it that’s almost like an adrenalin rush; the feeling of panic when you are waiting for the addict to come home; the frustration of trying so hard to get through to someone who appears to be completely [...]

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Forgiveness and Recovery

by beverlybuncher on 23. May, 2010 in 12 Steps Program, Addiction, Al Anon, Alateen, Alcohol, Bill Wilson, Drug Prevention, Family Recovery Coaching, Florida Nar-Anon, Focus on You, Illinois Nar-Anon, Lois Wilson, Nar-Anon, Narcotics, Recovery, Recovery Book Reviews, Relapse, Relapse Prevention, Switching Addictions, Teen Binge Drinking, Tim Kelley, True Purpose, True Purpose in Recovery, Uncategorized, children of addicts, dads of addicts, forgiveness, in the rooms, life purpose coaching in recovery, life purpose in recovery, moms of addicts, parents of addicts, parts work, spirituality, spouses of addicts, true purpose coaching for addicts and co-addicts, voice dialogue, wives of addicts

The textbook of AA, referred to as the Big Book, talks about the detrimental effect that resentment can have on a person’s recovery. For the co-addict or co-alcoholic, the effect of resentment may not start a binge or substance relapse, but can turn into a codependent relapse that can get the whole family off kilter!
Yes, [...]

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Have You Been In Recovery For Awhile?

by beverlybuncher on 21. May, 2010 in 12 Steps Program, Addiction, Al Anon, Alateen, Alcohol, Bill Wilson, Darren Littlejohn, Drug Prevention, Family Recovery Coaching, Florida Nar-Anon, Focus on You, Hal and Sidra Stone, Illinois Nar-Anon, Intensive Journal, Ira Progoff, Lois Wilson, Nar-Anon, Narcotics, Prescription Drug Addiction, Recovery, Recovery Book Reviews, Relapse, Relapse Prevention, Steroids Study, Switching Addictions, Teen Binge Drinking, Television, Tim Kelley, True Purpose, True Purpose in Recovery, Uncategorized, aspects of self, children of addicts, dads of addicts, dialogue house, in the rooms, life purpose coaching in recovery, life purpose in recovery, moms of addicts, parents of addicts, parts work, spirituality, spouses of addicts, true purpose coaching for addicts and co-addicts, voice dialogue, wives of addicts

Are you trying to figure out if there is more to your life than what you have experienced so far?
Do you know why you are here? What your own specific life purpose truly is?
Isn’t it time you found out?
If you think there is more and have been looking in all the wrong places, that [...]

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Confront Your Addict! Part One of A Series

by beverlybuncher on 03. May, 2010 in 12 Steps Program, Addiction, Al Anon, Alateen, Alcohol, Bill Wilson, Drug Prevention, Family Recovery Coaching, Florida Nar-Anon, Focus on You, Illinois Nar-Anon, Lois Wilson, Nar-Anon, Narcotics, Prescription Drug Addiction, Recovery, Relapse, Relapse Prevention, Switching Addictions, Teen Binge Drinking, children of addicts, dads of addicts, in the rooms, life purpose coaching in recovery, life purpose in recovery, moms of addicts, spouses of addicts, true purpose coaching for addicts and co-addicts, wives of addicts

So, you’ve been in Alanon or Naranon for awhile and somehow you’ve gotten the idea that your recovery requires that you live your own life to such an extent that you don’t confront or speak honestly with your addict about what is going on with them.
You think, in fact, that if you tell them [...]

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You are not your addict – letting go of shame

by beverlybuncher on 21. Apr, 2010 in 12 Steps Program, Addiction, Al Anon, Alateen, Alcohol, Drug Prevention, Family Recovery Coaching, Florida Nar-Anon, Focus on You, Illinois Nar-Anon, Nar-Anon, Narcotics, Prescription Drug Addiction, Recovery, Recovery Book Reviews, Relapse, Relapse Prevention, Switching Addictions, Teen Binge Drinking, children of addicts, dads of addicts, in the rooms, life purpose coaching in recovery, life purpose in recovery, moms of addicts, parents of addicts, spouses of addicts, true purpose coaching for addicts and co-addicts, wives of addicts

Are you related to an active addict whose behavior you find less than acceptable?
One of the challenges of being in relationship with some actively addicted, no matter what the substance or behavior, can be dealing with the feelings their actions bring up in you. Feelings like embarrassment, fear, horror, shock and shame can become your [...]

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So, What Can Be Done, Beyond The Steps, To Fill That Inner Hole?

by beverlybuncher on 18. Apr, 2010 in 12 Steps Program, Addiction, Al Anon, Alateen, Alcohol, Bill Wilson, Drug Prevention, Family Recovery Coaching, Florida Nar-Anon, Focus on You, Illinois Nar-Anon, Nar-Anon, Narcotics, Prescription Drug Addiction, Recovery, Relapse, Relapse Prevention, Steroids Study, Switching Addictions, Teen Binge Drinking, Uncategorized, children of addicts, dads of addicts, life purpose coaching in recovery, life purpose in recovery, moms of addicts, parents of addicts, spouses of addicts, true purpose coaching for addicts and co-addicts, wives of addicts

In the last two or three posts, we talked about the disease of more and how it affects both co-addicts and addicts, often leading to addiction switching and the many miseries associated with moving from one negative behavior to another.
In this post, let’s look at what can be done to fill that hole positively, so [...]

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Living Life One Day At A Time

by beverlybuncher on 29. Mar, 2010 in 12 Steps Program, Addiction, Al Anon, Alateen, Alcohol, Bill Wilson, Drug Prevention, Family Recovery Coaching, Florida Nar-Anon, Illinois Nar-Anon, Nar-Anon, Narcotics, Prescription Drug Addiction, Recovery, Recovery Book Reviews, Teen Binge Drinking, Uncategorized, in the rooms

When I think about the challenges we face in terms of how many years it took to create them and how many years it could take to correct their results, I feel overwhelmed. But when I look at today, and all that I am doing to make my world work better right in this moment, [...]

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