Addiction & Recovery

tavalon

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15. As a recovering superwoman,

Wed Feb 15, 2012, 01:14 PM

Feb 2012

I have to have constant vigilance. I'm grateful that I drew the addict in to my life because that wild ride brought me screaming back to recovery and now that I'm back, I see that I've done quite a bit of backsliding in the last two decades. I've got work to do and I'm okay with that except when I'm not. But when I hear myself pull out my pity potty, I REALLY hear it and I don't like it. I'm at a stage where I want to do the work, not the whine.

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I'm just wondering... [View all] Little Star Dec 2011 OP

I feel like we had Alanon folks in the old DU group. wildeyed Dec 2011 #1

I would think so cally Dec 2011 #2

Yes, we have CODA issues here.. Stuart G Dec 2011 #3

As a recovering superwoman, tavalon Feb 2012 #15

Al-anon here. MrsBrady Dec 2011 #4

Alanon saved my life. I was a raving lunitic! n/t Little Star Dec 2011 #5

Another Al-Anon here. I started in Adult Children way back, raccoon Dec 2011 #6

Yep. That stinkin thinkin of mine keeps popping up.. Little Star Dec 2011 #7

I spent three years in CoDA, 14 years ago tavalon Dec 2011 #11

It's funny (not ha ha) tavalon Feb 2012 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Little Star Dec 2011 #9

I prefer to say that the 12 steps help me to save my own life tavalon Feb 2012 #13

What you said! Little Star Dec 2011 #8

It better be tavalon Dec 2011 #10

That's my addiction and yeah, it's as horrible as any of the others. tavalon Feb 2012 #12