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Step One, Check!
So I found out late last week that I’ve been accepted into the graduate school program at IUPUI! I’ll be attending at the IU School of Social Work, studying toward my MSW, or Masters of Social Work. The application was…
“Quite Unwilling”
I got tickled last night at my Bible class. I’m doing a Beth Moore study called “Breaking Free.” Wow, is it good. I’m really enjoying it. Beth quoted 1 Corinthians 16:12 that tells of Paul “strongly urging” Apollos to go somewhere,…
Codependency, Counterdependency, & Giving, Part 3
As I said before, there are many books covering the subject of codependency with a spouse or in other relationships. What if we took that a step further? What if someone is being codependent with something inanimate? Let me give…
Codependency, Counterdependency, & Giving, Part 2
So we left off talking about how many codependents actually expect a trade instead of truly giving. I wanted to expound on that a little bit. You know, when a codependent person interacts with people in this way, expecting others…
Codependency, Counterdependency, & Giving, Part 1
I’d like to do a little series of blog entries on codependency, counterdependency, and giving. I’m not sure how many posts it will entail, but it’ll be a few. (I know I promised not to use too many big therapy-type…
Come Down From Your Tower
A friend of mine the other day was talking about a woman she was working with on a volunteer project. This other lady was talking down to her, insulting her, and basically “being snotty” for no visible reason at all. (My…
What To Do?
So I signed my divorce papers yesterday. Whew, that was really not an enjoyable experience. Simply feeling ten different emotions at the same time, most of them contradicting each other, is just flat-out overwhelming. Sadness, relief, anger, happiness, abandonment, liberation,…
Dude, Just Puke It
Back in the day, when I was a member of a therapy group, I had a saying that became the norm for our little troupe when it was time for someone to just “get real.” One of the members of…
Grace: It’s Not Just For Others
So let’s just jump right in to catching you up with what’s going on in my recovery. Like I said, I’m going through a divorce. What a rich garden of material to use to learn about myself! All along as…