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A MUCH NEEDED LOOK IN THE MIRROR

by Heather C. | Feb 15, 2023 | Voices of Recovery

(Becoming my true good self.) For as long as I can remember, I believed that if I did good things, that would mean I was a good person. Even as a small child, I felt the urgent need to be known as good. I followed the rules, made good grades, did my chores, etc....

NATURAL CYCLES: THIS TOO SHALL PASS

by Geneviève R. | Feb 15, 2023 | Voices of Recovery

Former friends of mine, both blind, live near the Mediterranean Sea, where there are no tides. Once, we were near another sea, with tides. To show them what it looks like, we walked on the beach, barefooted, from the embankment to the sea, at different hours, so that...

ON NEEDING FOOD AND LOVE AND ME

by Imeri E. | Feb 15, 2023 | Voices of Recovery

Can you please feed me? I’m sorry to bother you. Yes, I know I’m needy. Sorry about that. I’d like to not be hungry but my tummy is starting to hurt and I’m getting weak and shaky. I need food. I wish that was all I needed. I need things that I dare not...

I BLOSSOMED DOING MY FIFTH STEP

by Nancy A. | Feb 15, 2023 | Voices of Recovery

Working the steps in ACA helped me understand the adaptive behaviors I learned from the dysfunction in my family. I was raised in what looked like a pleasant upstanding home, but the covert atmosphere (no rage or physical abuse) left me wondering why I was not happy...

MEDITATION VISUALIZATION FOR TODAY

by Kathleen S. | Feb 1, 2023 | Voices of Recovery

Imagine being in a waterfall. Being able to relax—while all around, the rush of water tumbling over rocks, the impact creates mist that sweeps me up, and I am carried by this turmoil. We are part of it, like it or not! I imagine I have time to...

MY PAINTING

by Gretchen W. | Feb 1, 2023 | Voices of Recovery

If I were to paint a picture, would it be with paint or mud? I am not an artist, so I know it wouldn’t look realistic no matter what tools are used. Would I finger paint or use brushes? What would make my inner child most happy? I was often taught how to paint the...

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A MUCH NEEDED LOOK IN THE MIRROR

NATURAL CYCLES: THIS TOO SHALL PASS

ON NEEDING FOOD AND LOVE AND ME

I BLOSSOMED DOING MY FIFTH STEP

MEDITATION VISUALIZATION FOR TODAY

MY PAINTING

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