Tag: healing
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Alcohol
Why This Isn’t Another Lecture About Drinking In the past year alone, I have known someone who died because of alcohol, someone whose marriage ended with alcohol playing a significant role, someone who spent time in jail because of alcohol, someone who landed in an intensive care unit from alcohol poisoning, someone with severe cirrhosis,… Read more
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Letting Go: The Alternative to Pursuit
When Someone Pulls Away: The Moment Everything Changes M. Scott Peck opens The Road Less Traveled with three blunt words: “Life is difficult”. The Dalai Lama adds in The Book of Joy: “Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional”. Accepting that hardship is part of life pauses us from making it harder by wishing it were fairer.… Read more
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Inherited Shadows— When Someone Close to You Hurts Others
Reconciling Good Memories with Devastating Truth I never imagined I’d be writing to someone my father harmed. Growing up, my memories of him were good. He wasn’t always around, but when he was, he sang songs, played guitar, and gave me funny nicknames. I felt loved and I loved him back. He was kind and… Read more