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According to Addiction Treatment Magazine's Article:

Alcoholism is a scourge that affects all members of the family, not just the alcoholic. The damage is pernicious and inescapable, and...

For the bulk of my life I was confused about where I stood in relation to others. My very strict Roman Catholic upbringing had me feeling cursed from day one. Born a sinner I (or so I was told) my tiny soul felt as if love was something I needed to prove myself worthy of. On days when I hoped God was napping, I would...

As I grow into spirit and push past prior boundaries of my mind so do I share the lessons I am learning. I am convinced this is the way life was meant to be lived--learn and spread the word. Although my perceptions of God and of Christ have played tugs of war in my head throughout the years, I have been unable to ever discount...

If it is true that energy and matter can neither be created nor destroyed--then that means that at the exact moment of the Big Bang--all that would ever be--already was--and that includes you and me.

On my usual and routine hour long drive to work yesterday morning I was...

Below you will find an amazing article that should be able to help de-clutter the tangled web of thoughts, emotions and ideas you may have regarding the classic question, "What is normal?"

So many of us struggling codependents don't know what healthy or normal is.

We were abandoned long ago by parents who were self absorbed--controlling--and ignorant to what their true role was in our lives. As a result, we...

The Road Back To Me will be having its second anniversary--and to celebrate I am offering a free coaching session to the first five readers that contact me to say Happy Anniversary.

Although every breath is a reason to celebrate--I am also delighted to announce that...

Recently I was asked, "Why is it that drug addicts and alcoholics are attracted to me like a moth is to a flame? Why is it that I too am attracted to people who are so self sabotaging? I don't get it. I confuse love with pity, and I am always thinking negative--like I don't deserve a nice guy or true happiness. Why?"

When I am in the company of...

Any adult child of an alcoholic or any adult child of an emotionally manipulative parent would tell you that the slightest conversation about the most mundane thing is enough to cause a total breakdown in communication with one of or both of their dysfunctional parents.

Whether it is a conversation about the weather, or about a news story on television, when trying to communicate with an alcoholic--or emotional manipulator--even the most simple conversation topics are enough to...

As a seeker of absolute truth--my thirst for knowledge never fails.

Each and every new day I learn more about this thing called 'codependency'.

For anyone struggling to wrap their tattered minds around how and why codependency and even narcissism is created, I highly recommend...