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Who Needs a Sponsor?

January 26, 2019 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Why can’t you just sponsor yourself?  Let’s think about driving a car.  You could teach yourself to drive.  It is possible, people have done it; but it took time and lots of hard work. Plus, there are blind spots. Most cars are designed to give us the maximum view of our surroundings based on the…

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Step 12: Only the Beginning of Your Journey to Freedom

October 23, 2018 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Pain normally starts most people on the 12 Step Path.  There is no light, no perception of the end when we start, only promises from others.   At the beginning, it is hard to imagine the 12 Simple Steps will start you on a journey to freedom. Want to talk with others who are choosing a Journey…

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The Night My Husband Got Sober

July 7, 2018 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

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How I Came To Believe- Step 2

June 19, 2018 By Tanya Gioia 2 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

Came to believe a power greater than myself could restore me to sanity. By far my favorite Step, Step 2 bounces around in my brain on a daily bases. The promise I yearned to accept!  Sanity! Sanity!  I wanted sanity and serenity. A blogger friend of mine later created the term Serantity.  Serenity and sanity together Seranity.  I…

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Your Husband is Sober, Now What?

April 17, 2018 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

OK, you have prayed for this, begged for this, maybe ruined your life all for the cause of a sober husband.  Then it happened.  If your story is like mine the sober moment happened out of crisis all of a sudden. Wham! Your husband is sober. Your prayers worked!  Now what? Sit on your hands?…

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Can Forgiveness Make You Stronger?

April 14, 2018 By Tanya Gioia 2 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

“Addiction robs us of the things (and people) we care about the most.” Bill W, Founder Of Alcoholics Anonymous. “Family was foremost to Dad.” (Dewberry, p.18) Three Weeks to Forgiveness Three Weeks to Forgiveness: God’s Redemption in the Dark Places of Addiction delves lovingly into the confusing messages and home life children of alcoholics. This book…

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I am Not My Addiction

I am Not My Addiction: God Says I Am

January 2, 2018 By Tanya Gioia 14 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

I am not my addiction.  I am a child of God. Hello, My name is Tanya and I am a codependent.  Hello, my name is Sally and I am an alcoholic. Phrases so iconic in our culture that anyone can finish the sentence for you. God never design me to be anything but his child.  When…

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12 Step APPs Work the AA Twelve Steps on Your Smart Phone, Read This!

December 28, 2017 By Tanya Gioia 1 Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

The last thing I want, after I hop into my cozy bed at night to do my daily 10th step work, is to have to get up and look for my pen and my journal.  Uggh, it is cold here at night in Colorado 9 months out of the year. These 12 step apps simplify…

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How Friendsgiving Saved My Marriage: A Love Story

November 23, 2017 By Tanya Gioia 4 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

Friendsgiving is such a strange term.  All I can see is the cast of Friends, Ross, Monica, Joey, Rachel, Chandler, and Phoebe sitting down to a very late turkey dinner after some emotional struggle almost crashed their friendship. Isn’t that what all the episodes were about?  A relationship issue that threatened to destroy the”Friends” bond. Be Sure…

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5 Helpful Smartphone Addiction Recovery Apps You Need to Upload

November 20, 2017 By Tanya Gioia 4 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

Smartphone recovery apps to keep you sober?  Wow! someone was thinking!  What do we always, always have with us? Lose your keys, problem, lose your wallet, that’s an issue, lose your phone, Defcon 1 emergency!! Losing your sobriety is the crisis that stops all other life crises.   It is brilliant to pair the two items together….

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