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Désapprendre L’Impuissance

Désapprendre L’Impuissance

Récemment, j’étais à 250 km de chez moi, attendant mon train… Un haut-parleur donnait parfois des bribes d’information : il y avait eu un « accident de personne ». Les informations contradictoires se succédaient, ne me laissant pas d’autre choix que de patienter dans...
INACCESSIBLE SERENITY

INACCESSIBLE SERENITY

When I first discovered the 12 Steps in AA, at the age of 36, I also discovered how much I used to ruminate an obsession of some kind, as a survival trait. Even when alcohol abstinence had become easy, I was still very suicidal, and I needed to channel my mind. Later,...
Sortir du marécage

Sortir du marécage

On m’avait fait gober que j’étais handicapée psychique, porteuse d’une maladie mentale d’origine génétique. En vrai, l’origine de mes symptômes n’était pas dans les gènes, mais bien dans la gêne. La honte. Le marécage familial, où la tolérance à l’abus est telle qu’on...
SOBRIETY IS THE LIMIT

SOBRIETY IS THE LIMIT

Years ago, I discovered the notion of limits, and the fact that I had none. I learned to set one.A friend attending regularly a 12-Step meeting was in dire straits: years ago, she had left a violent husband, and was by then living on social welfare with her four...
MISTY SUNDAY

MISTY SUNDAY

32 years ago, I wrote this poem… Giving this crib to friends for their coming baby had been the very first step to acknowledge the fact that my husband and I would never have a baby together. I had begun to be depressed, and to drink to endure the loss of my illusions...
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