Slowly sobering up

sobriety #cleansing #letgo #washaway #forgiveness #wholeness #transformation #sobergirl #sober #soberlife #boundaries #nomore #codependency #recovery #transparency #self #partsunknown #parts #faith #accountability #nomorelies #influencer #traumasurvivor #childhoodabusesurvivor #memories #ifstherapy Part by part came forward over the past two years to reveal why they looked forward to a glass of wine to unwind each night. I had to listen, …

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We attach to survive

Before we make sense of the world, the world shapes our mind. If what we take in through our senses conveys to our brain that we don’t have safety or acceptance in the world, we conclude negative things about who we are in it. Nurture begins the day we are birthed and it can greatly …

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Repetition Compulsion in Relationships

In seeing that I was failing miserably in my closest relationship I began reading up on cognitive distortions.  Repetition Compulsion is a distortion in thinking that seeks comfort in the familiar which is the desire to return to an earlier state of things even if the thought or pattern was destructive.  This cycle has been …

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Command the Miracle

When unbelief stifles expectation, the only way to bring forth the miraculous, is to command it. This testimony of an El Salvador missions trip shares the breaking out of healing after a man who had a humped back, straighten, and he started walking, running actually. The place was lit with expectancy and our youth group …

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For Far too Long

For far too long, I have carried physical pain in my body, perhaps my whole life. I attributed much of my pain to the emotional sufferings I endured and witnessed as a child. I didn't make that connection until I was hospitalized for an eating disorder many years ago. Perhaps developing a love/hate relationship with …

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“TAMMY” & Blowing up some fireworks

Sarcasm has become my coping strategy here in the South as I have tried to make sense of the Bible Belt having the highest rate of addiction that I have ever witnessed. I'm wondering if Northern states just don't have the cray cray of homeless addicts that the low country does, simply because it is …

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The little me inside

Haven’t we dumbed down faith into clichés of, “moving on” without focusing on the past?  There must be something really scary about looking into our pasts if we can’t do it as a body of believers.  After all, many of us have come from dysfunctional families into church so we can make sense of what …

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