Within the concept of loving detachment, there are two types of detachment to practice: physical and emotional. This blog deals with physical detachment and the next one will deal with emotional detachment. Both are critical to your health and sanity. As I mentioned in my last bog, loving detachment doesn’t require that you physically leave [...]

When you’re in the thick of a dysfunctional relationship with an alcoholic, it’s hard to imagine life will ever be “normal” again. Then as you go through the healing process and life does become more manageable, it can be difficult to stop stressing and micro-managing every aspect of our lives and the lives of those [...]

Those of us adept at keeping life going in unusually awkward or even terrible conditions are used to triage: making difficult reprioritization decisions in the moment.  As we move from crises to greater stability, we find that many of the characteristics and habits we developed in survival mode no longer serve us.  But I believe [...]