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Happiness, good things, and…anxiety? | Sober Grace
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Finding and practicing grace in recovery. Happiness, good things, and…anxiety? April 2, 2015. It’s been almost two months since I’ve posted! We’re moving in two weeks and we couldn’t be happier. My husband celebrated 5 years of sobriety a few weeks ago, and my sponsee just made one year sober. Life has been so great to me lately! At least it makes me feel crazy. I have so many things to be happy about, and here I am waiting for the other shoe to drop! I know how to live when I have to struggle and deal w...
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A Slow Descent into Madness? | Sober Grace
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Finding and practicing grace in recovery. A Slow Descent into Madness? June 16, 2015. June 16, 2015. All day I have been asking myself why I would dream that, when I feel so grounded in my recovery. Do I have underlying stress that I am not consciously aware of? Is my medication not working anymore? Are my crazy peri-menopausal hormones taking over? Or maybe it’s the beginning of my slow descent into madness…. Nothing has to happen for me to have a bad day. That’s the thrilling part of all this. Thank yo...
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Life as a temporarily homeless teen on the streets… | Fighting the Abuse
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My past…why I’m doing this…. Life as a temporarily homeless teen on the streets…. May 23, 2015. Middot; by isurviv0r. Sometimes people ask me why I didn’t run away when I was a teenager. I guess to the outside world this seems the most obvious thing to do – why would anyone in their right mind choose to stay in that abusive situation? Unfortunately it’s far more complicated than that, as I learned by my two short stints on the street. I remember, firstly, the. 8221; “what is your address? So I went home&...
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Vulnerability is beautiful | Fighting the Abuse
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My past…why I’m doing this…. April 19, 2016. Middot; by isurviv0r. I hate how “vulnerability” has almost become an insult, or a weakness. Something to try hard not to be, and something to worry about if you’re called it. Somehow we’re all supposed to be strong, all of the time, and never show vulnerability. I despise this. Vulnerability is beautiful. And then people ask if we’re going to do a ‘speech’ each. I guess sometimes the bride and groom do a speech individually. What would I say? I’m suppos...
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Sober Grace | Finding and practicing grace in recovery | Page 2
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Finding and practicing grace in recovery. Winning the Shame Game. April 23, 2016. April 23, 2016. I write another blog on the HealthyPlace.com website called. About my experiences with posttraumatic stress disorder (please check it out). My latest post there is about dealing with the shame that comes from being a victim of trauma. That got me to thinking about the shame that accompanies alcoholism, and I thought that it was worth writing about. April 19, 2016. April 19, 2016. To throw in the towel, or it...
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Mostly whiny, moderately bossy | Sober Grace
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Finding and practicing grace in recovery. Mostly whiny, moderately bossy. February 10, 2015. Before my husband and I got married, I described myself to him as “mostly whiny, moderately bossy”. I was trying something new, putting it all out there from the beginning, giving him every chance to get away while he still could. Thank God he doesn’t scare easily! I know this from past experience, yet I still fall into the whole “self-will run riot” that the Big Book of AA talks about. If you need me, I’ll...
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Putting the Basket in the Water: Trusting God in the Next Phase of Your Child’s Life
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Bridging the Gap Between Our Community and Christ. Putting the Basket in the Water: Trusting God in the Next Phase of Your Child’s Life. Date: July 5, 2016. In the Christian faith, Easter is the crescendo of our year. It’s our Super Bowl. The day that makes it all worth it. It’s the time that marks the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. The day He burst forth from the tomb and conquered death. But this past spring, as I sat in church. Was he watching over them, wondering, ‘Was it enough?
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Learning to walk….the talk | Sober Grace
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Finding and practicing grace in recovery. Learning to walk….the talk. January 15, 2015. I had a rotten day yesterday. I was grumpy and tired and frustrated over inconsequential things, and everyone around me knew it! Kind of sponsor-ish. It’s the stuff that I learned from my own sponsor and I know that it works because I’ve tried it. The funny thing is, it took me until about halfway through the phone call to realize that these were all things that I needed to hear myself! My mood has improved. January 1...
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My Word of the Year | Sober Grace
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Finding and practicing grace in recovery. My Word of the Year. January 8, 2015. January 8, 2015. I have decided to jump on the Word of the Year bandwagon! Some of my favorite bloggers have chosen their words for 2015 and I am feeling inspired. Paul over at Message in a Bottle. Chose Perseverance, Michele at Mished-Up. Chose Curious, and Josie at The Miracle Is Around The Corner. Connecting with others. In my New Year’s post, I wrote about wanting to work on connecting with others more. I wa...Connecting ...
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A long period of reconstruction | Sober Grace
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Finding and practicing grace in recovery. A long period of reconstruction. January 17, 2015. Step 8 of the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous says:. 8220;Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.”. They can often see our truths when we can’t. Learning to walk….the talk. If you need me, I’ll be hiding in my bathroom →. 3 thoughts on “ A long period of reconstruction. January 17, 2015 at 4:57 pm. Thank you for sharing your story! January 19, 2015 at 10:13 am.
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