Tag: listening

Take What You Like (and leave the rest)

Sometimes, recovery is like walking through a grocery store when you’re hungry.   You might become so overwhelmed by the choices, when you are so filled with need, that making any kind of decision is overwhelming. So you could buy everything, or nothing.   How do we make decisions when we don’t feel our best?  We tend [...]

Dealing with “Mirror Moments” (and other conversations with an alcoholic)

 “Mirror moments” are those times when the alcoholic in your life says something to you which they really mean for themselves.  Ideally, they’d hold a mirror and say those things to the right person, but don’t have the courage or honesty to go there yet.    Realizing they are mirror moments in the first step [...]