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Fellow Traveler: Progress not Perfection
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We suggest you keep track of what you do in recovery. On a bad day, you forget how far you've come. Give yourself little presents after you've attended six meetings, for example. The ACA text encourages us to take "gentleness breaks." We ACA's are very hard on ourselves. We can't emphasize it enough: Keep track of what you do. Reward yourself for each and every accomplishment. Read literature (buy ACA books here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). We pass on the gift of recovery which was given to each us us.
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d o m e s t i c b l i s s t e r s: December 2011
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Sunday, December 18, 2011. I think my title pretty much sums up the way I'm feeling right now. My two boys are home, and doing well. Adam has been 99.9% respectful and Christian just arrived a few hours ago. He's back on Concerta. Sam picked him up, and brought him over at about 6:30 and we all had our piece-meal dinner together. It was quiet and civil and frighteningly normal. And that feels just plain weird, but I suppose that's completely normal. I slept very late, today too. BTW, the boys BOTH love t...
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d o m e s t i c b l i s s t e r s: February 2012
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012. My mother-in-law died yesterday. I am home with Adam and Sam drove up to uglyassin to be with his family and the funeral which just ended. He left very early, just before she passed. I feel horrible. Even though we weren't terribly close, I feel more lonely than ever. I had therapy. I don't know if it helped. I just feel like someone socked me in the gut. She says, to take it in "baby steps.". What did I do? Not only is it not fair, its just so, so painful! I'm envious of pe...
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d o m e s t i c b l i s s t e r s: well... here I am
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Friday, December 28, 2012. Well here I am. Hey if anyone's out there. Not that it matters. In some ways its weird to write an anon blog out to the universe, but perhaps there will be someone who might happen upon it and it will help them and at the same time, I have what I hope is a safe place to vent. I really did do it. I'm not so fucking strong. I just moved the stuckness to a new place. Still. I DID move. Am I being hard on myself? Ahhh there's the rub. Wow Now, if anyone is just reading this and not...
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d o m e s t i c b l i s s t e r s: March 2012
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Saturday, March 24, 2012. My husband is a feckless pig. My oldest son is a lazy, self-indulgent immature, entitled pig. We've spent 10s of thousands of dollars on his music education for the last TEN years and he's been home for one week. from one of the most prestigious music conservatories in the world, where for some reason, they've awarded him a hefty scholarship for playing the armfart. Oh, BTW, he has only done Tai Chi for one month. Can you stop talking shit? I'm exhausted and psycho. I'm pissed o...
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Fellow Traveler: Work a Step
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Wrote these reflections/meditations based on the ACA 12 steps written by Tony A. That being said, we believe the writers of the ACA text incorporated the spirit of Tony A's steps into the chapters dealing with the steps, particularly steps 4, 8 and 9. The book makes it easy to work the steps gently and thoroughly- whichever version you decide to use. Admitted we were powerless over the effects of being raised in a alcoholic or dysfunctional home, that our lives had become unmanageable. I was suicidal whe...
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d o m e s t i c b l i s s t e r s: its really happening
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Saturday, December 8, 2012. Well I did it. I closed on my new home and am packing my stuff. Sam has been, as per usual pretty helpful. He's brought home boxes and stuff and will cart the crap I'm throwing out or giving away, out. I have to say, that I've pared down a LOT and that feels awfully good. Its like a huge weight is also being lifted. I had a chat tonight with Sam. It wasn't full of acrimony or "what's wrong with you? He doesn't know and can't imagine anything at all. A man who has no dreams has...
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d o m e s t i c b l i s s t e r s: October 2011
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Sunday, October 30, 2011. I made it through Sam's 60th birthday which coincided with the earliest snow fall we've had in these parts in 59 years! That's some frost on that pumpkin! We made a big fire. Christian came home and jammed with Adam and some friends. It was so bitter-sweet. Trying to focus on the sweet, but its tough. I'm a the-glass-is-half- full-of-shit. Links to this post. Thursday, October 27, 2011. I stumbled down the stairs. Uhhh didn't I say, NO CONTACT? THE EMAIL WAS FROM. She’s a ...
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d o m e s t i c b l i s s t e r s: December 2012
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Friday, December 28, 2012. Well here I am. Hey if anyone's out there. Not that it matters. In some ways its weird to write an anon blog out to the universe, but perhaps there will be someone who might happen upon it and it will help them and at the same time, I have what I hope is a safe place to vent. I really did do it. I'm not so fucking strong. I just moved the stuckness to a new place. Still. I DID move. Am I being hard on myself? Ahhh there's the rub. Wow Now, if anyone is just reading this and not...
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d o m e s t i c b l i s s t e r s: September 2012
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Sunday, September 30, 2012. Yes, I'm still here, but I debated leaving this blog at 213 posts and stopping because, well, that was my late brother's birthday and not only do I feel him with me all the time, but that NUMBER pops up on nearly a daily basis! Quite wild. I even saw it in TV commercial at an airport. Its the one where people are waiting around a terminal with their lap tops. Maybe I wrote about that before. So, I'm making this appearance to share some exciting news. I'm buying an apartment!
