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Learning how to manage stress can help alleviate symptoms, prevent illness and addiction.  Self-care in families in recovery is not selfish; it is self-preserving.

Feeling Stressed About the Addict in Your Family?

March 30, 2019 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Al-Anon describes alcoholism as a family disease.  In fact, each alcoholic is said to affect five other people.  Most of the time these are family members. Our lives are so busy, sometimes it can feel hard to breathe. Add a person(s) recovering from addiction in the mix and we feel like we are drowning. Reverse…

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Why Codependency Turns You Away From God

Why Codependency Turns You Away From God

March 9, 2019 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Could you hear me, if I told you codependency is only a symptom? The way you choose to respond to a relationship or depend on a relationship is learned. Learned really? Yes! You learned it really early in your life with your primary caregivers. Now as with all learned behaviors you can blame, shame and…

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Codependent: What is That?

February 15, 2019 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Are you codependent?  Yes.  We all have a dependence on others.  When does it turn ugly?  When does dependence turn from normal to destructive?  Wait! Didn’t God supply Adam with Eve because He felt it was not good for man to be alone?  (Genesis 2:22) Aren’t we supposed to live in community with other people…

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Who needs a sponsor in recovery?

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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Boundaries are only things I can control. I want Jerry to get a new cell phone case for his delicate iPhone. Can I set a boundary that he gets a new case? I could, but... could I enforce it?

Setting Boundaries You Will Keep

January 18, 2019 By Tanya Gioia 2 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

You’ll know that an Apple phone is just a computer between 2 pieces of glass right? The minute it slips from your pocket under the car in the parking lot it shatters…unless you have a case. It is frustrating to have to buy one more thing for that crazy expensive iPhone. But a case is…

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Thanksgiving Emotional Sobriety Challenge: Win The Moment

November 16, 2018 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Hey! it is exactly one week before Thanksgiving here in the United States. Plus today is exactly 40 days until Christmas, yikes! Ever heard the phrase “Failing to plan is planning to fail?” While we know this holds true for budgeting money, food, time, and work projects what about our emotions? Family gatherings around 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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In Step 3 We turned out will and lives over to the care of our higher power.  Step Eleven give us an opportunity to do just that. Oddly making sure my husband, kids, and community do the right thing every day does not make the list. According to Step Eleven, my responsibility lies solely in my seeking God's will for me and carrying that out.

What Does Prayer and Meditation Do For Me? AA Step 11

October 9, 2018 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Direct your thoughts and your actions will follow a great phrase for meditation.  The elegance of Step Eleven lines us up with true north.  A trinitarian grouping of three distinct actions. Prayer and meditation Improved relationship with God Knowing and Doing His will for me Oddly, making sure my husband, kids, and community do the right…

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How to Continue Daily Serenity/Step 10

September 18, 2018 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Is the goal for your life daily serenity–living in peace with yourself and others.  Facing the world with the understanding that failure and mistakes are part of the human experience. How we choose to handle mistakes and failures in our lives develops our character.  Does a problem, failure or mistake keep us from behaving with:…

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How To Make An Easy Step 8 Amends List

August 21, 2018 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

In making an amends list, we review our humble willingness to make a real life change. Just like Step 4, Step 8 requires putting pen to paper.  Making the Amends List is separate from actually making amends to people you have harmed. What is the difference between “making an amends” and saying “I am sorry”? I am…

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