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The Ex

The Ex

This writing is from the point of view of the ex-husband, with the twist of some of the descriptions coming from what I have learned in recovery. It describes some of the thinking processes involved in this dysfunctional marriage and family. Handed down from...

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Mommy From Heaven

Mommy From Heaven

A short poem written in my mother's voice, talking to me from heaven. Dear little Sammy, I think of you nowHow I managed to raise you I will never know how Although you were born into a world of deep shameI loved you and gave you your grandfather’s name There were...

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Rights

Rights

God lead me to recovery it opened a world of discoveries...Recovery gave me back my rights, no longer walking through life, full of fear and always up-tight...Realizing I had the right to be wrong without those hunting thoughts repeating, "You don't belong."I have the...

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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...

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