This post is part of a series of modern love letters to the 12 Steps. To start at the very beginning, read To Whom We Owe Our Recovery: Modern Love…
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“Hello Darkness, My Old Friend” I always loved the lyric, “Hello darkness, my old friend. I’ve come to talk with you again” from the song Sounds of Silence by Paul…
The Yin-Yang of Seasons In the northern hemisphere, this time of year represents the seeds of sunlight buried in the most lightless pockets of earth, so that within the darkest…
The diagnosis Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a fascinating one. In its clinical form, when we have it to the extent it disrupts our lives extensively, it’s pure misery. To live…
Internal Family Systems Therapy, also known as Parts Work, is a heartwarming and efficient modality for helping to create a better relationship among the different Parts of ourselves internally. The…
In certain circles, the ego is considered a bad thing. The word is treated like an epithet, a way to throw shade on someone, as in the phrase “he has…
The classic AA slogan “This, Too, Shall Pass” has layers. Attributed to 12th century Persian Sufi poet, Attar of Nishapur, though quite possibly in circulation long before that, the phrase…
Like all the arts, poetry can be used as medicine for your soul (https://poeticmedicine.org/about/). No training, experience, talent or skill is required when you use poetry as medicine, because the…
A Trusty Recovery Toolkit Women in recovery face the challenge of dealing with trauma and its residues in the body, as a necessity for overcoming triggers to relapse. As people…
Addiction is not Unique On the path to recovery, women are often faced with paradoxes. One such paradox is the fact of “unique universality” – that we are both unique…
