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~ Life of a Recovering Alcoholic, Food Addict, Schizoaffective, Complex-PTSD'er, Child Abuse Survivor, Christian who also follows A.C.I.M.

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Monthly Archives: September 2014

A & B – How to Deal With Fire Fights

30 Tuesday Sep 2014

Posted by anonymousonetoo in Day to day life, What I'm Learning About Life

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abuse, domestic violence, Family, fighting, fire, intimacy, Mental health, PTSD, relationship, trauma

(this may seem hard to do at first but we caught on and I’m as impatient as a 30 second french fry in a fry cooker and my husband is as dense as a raw potato)

CAUTION: This is really, really, really important!! You must read through this entire article… first… maybe several times, in ordered to be fully mentally and emotionally prepared to do this exercise.

The thing is… Fights in a relationship create Fire… and fire has massive power behind it to destroy. You must realize that this is what you are dealing with when you fight. FIRE!! And like with any fire, when you’re handling it, utmost caution must be taken to keep it contained and under control so that it doesn’t incinerate you or your relationship.

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I Don’t Care Much for Love

29 Monday Sep 2014

Posted by anonymousonetoo in Child Abuse Trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Spiritual Experiences, What I know about God, What I'm Learning About Life

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child abuse, Christian, christianity, compassion, complex ptsd, God, Love, PTSD, trauma

(an e-mail I sent to my pastor in response to the sermon he gave today. Regarding something he talked about that made me think on the word – compassion.)

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I want to say more about the word “love”. I just don’t care much for that word. It’s been bandied about too much. Like an old wad of crumpled duct tape. It’s kind of useless anymore.

I love potato chips (?)

I mean. Come on!

But – compassion….

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Attachment to God? HELP!!

01 Monday Sep 2014

Posted by anonymousonetoo in About Addiction, Child Abuse Trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, What I know about God

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attachment disorder, childhood trauma, Christian, christianity, complex ptsd, Genesis 1:26, God, PTSD, relationship, spiritul, trauma

What if you’re a Christian… and you have Attachment Disorder… what do you do… with God?

I’ve been in Alcoholics Anonymous a very very long time and I have a lot of time without alcohol. I’ve tried to follow the ‘program’ for all I’ve been worth but have been a miserable failure at it. The only thing I’ve managed to do… by hook and by crook…sometimes by the skin of my teeth… is to not drink.

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Love is the answer - now what's your question?

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Jean M. Cogdell, Author-Writing something worth reading, one word at a time in easy to swallow bite size portions.

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Funny story and essay about Bangkok, Thailand and around Asia.

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The Starry Cauldron

follow your nose

it always knows

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fresh hell trumps stale heaven

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I'm Michelle. This is my blog. I write about women and fatness, expound upon semi-coherent thoughts I have in the middle of the night, and offer tough love to those in whom I am disappointed; they are legion.

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“Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.”― Madeleine L'Engle

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Jean-Luc Picard.

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Hope isn't an emotion, but a daily choice. Choose hope.

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It's about the journey not the destination

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my healing journey

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The Girl With Words

Typing what comes to my head...

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A personal perspective

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Learning to live my life with anxiety, depression, and self-harm (and other things).

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Growing towards God as an Introvert

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Backpacking and Bipolar II. Taking Manic Depression on tour.

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Jesus follower, peacemaker, unfinished human

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Healing from Childhood Trauma

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Searching for a God who's playing hard to get.

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if I were to blog my life, it'd go like this...

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"...that where I am you may be also." Jn.14:3

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In Your light we see light...

Isaiah 41 v 10

a life redeemed from the pit

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Concerning the lives of sensitives, narcissists, artists, ADDers, survivors of narcissism and abuse.