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My Linus

by Christine O. | Sep 1, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

When I was a kid, I had a crush on Linus, the character in the “Peanuts” cartoon. Linus had an oppressive older sister, Lucy, whose dictatorial ways he had to manage, sometimes avoiding her, often obeying her, occasionally defying her. He took refuge in his blanket,...

Locomotive Codépendante

by Geneviève R. | Sep 1, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

En grandissant, les seules façons d’obtenir un fragile droit à l’existence étaient: 1) voyager à l’étranger, de préférence dans des lieux perdus ou extraordinaires ; 2) obtenir des diplômes médicaux, ou au moins scientifiques (sciences humaines et littérature étaient...

Values in Action

by Kathleen S. | Aug 15, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

Step Four: Values in action defines me! I can say, “I value honesty.” What strategies do I use to show I am committed to being honest? Faced with a choice between saying “I don’t agree,” and, for example, changing the subject or not responding to someone who I fear is...

Step Three Remembers

by Kathleen S. | Aug 1, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

Trust is something natural, normal—a starting place of innocence. It is part of who I am. A frightened baby is a child experiencing a kind of trauma—an experience of shock or pain. It is an injury in need of healing. Reassurance is like a gentle, soothing lotion being...

Inner Critic

by Christine O. | Aug 1, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

I hear her voice in my head: “God forbid a stranger should find fault with you.” Such an event would of course embarrass the whole family. I wonder how many generations have heard this — I had heard two — then repeated it when they became parents. “God forbid that a...

Sous le maquillage

by Geneviève R. | Jul 15, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

Je croyais naïvement au dicton populaire « Donner, c’est donner. Reprendre, c’est voler ». Mais j’ai découvert récemment qu’une somme rondelette, reçue en « cadeau » il y a 15 ans, était en réalité munie d’un « élastique de rappel ». Sous le maquillage, la belle...

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