Sobriety is, of course, just the beginning. It makes it possible for us to feel again. But that’s both the good news and the bad news. Feeling again is not always so fun. A lot of stuff floats to the surface in recovery. Some of it can be quite painful. But we are learning some new tools that can help us deal with this kind of thing. We hope you will find something here that will helpful in dealing with the emotional and relational challenges that are part of the recovery process.
Awareness
- The Inner Wilderness
- The Gift of Noticing
- Dealing with Your Dark Side: Part 4
- Dealing with Your Dark Side: Part 3
- Dealing with Your Dark Side: Part 2
- Dealing with Your Dark Side: Part 1
- Acceptance and Gratitude
- Abundance and Scarcity
Depression
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Fear
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Forgiveness
- The F Word: Forgiveness and it’s Imitations
- On Forgiveness
- Finding the Freedom in Forgiveness
- A South African Parable: What About the Bike?
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Grief
- Navigating Grief
- Grieving Ungrieved Losses
- Grief’s Sacred Work
- Grieving the Losses in 12 Step Recovery
Identity
- Approval Addiction and Identity
- Seeing Ourselves More Clearly
- Seeing Others More Clearly Part 2: Moving toward Intimacy
- Seeing Others More Clearly Part 1: Barriers to Intimacy
- Recovering a Healthy View of You
Joy
Perfectionism
- Beating the Pedestal Syndrome: Help for Pastors Drowning in the Ministry
- Two Essays on Perfectionism for People in Recovery
- Perfectionism
- Getting Good at Being Imperfect
- Enough
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Shame
- VIDEO: When Shame Is the Name of the Game Part 1
- VIDEO: When Shame Is the Name of the Game Part 2
- VIDEO: How Family Systems Become Dysfunctional
- Let Go of Shame
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