Partners of Sex Addicts: Feeding My Spirit
Betrayal Takes Many Forms Some of us have been betrayed with pornography or prostitutes, fantasies with which we can’t compete. For some of us, the other woman takes on… Read more
Archive: The Serenity Room
The Serenity Room: Take the Risk
“Come to the edge” We can’t. We’re afraid. “Come to the edge.” We can’t. We will fall! “Come to the edge.” And they came. And he pushed them. And… Read more
The Serenity Room: Path to Destiny
Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your habits, for they become character.Watch your character, for it becomes… Read more
The Serenity Room: Find Your Treasure
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. You’ve got to find the treasure so that everything you have learned along the way can make sense…. Read more
Create Your Own Serenity Room: Transforming Yourself Through Self-Care
Self-care is essential part of recovery. You may be at a time of particular pain in your life; a time you think of as your monsoon season. Your typical freeze response doesn’t numb you… Read more
The Serenity Room: Embrace the Struggle
Embracing the Struggle: The Chrysalis Along a dusty road in India there sat a beggar who sold cocoons. A young boy watched him day after day, and the beggar finally… Read more
The Serenity Room: Waiting
How do they do it? The ones washed ashore. Who in a broken pile put themselves together? Who after the hurricane sort the rubble for the nails that still can… Read more
The Serenity Room: The Freedom of Recovery
The New Colossus Emma Lazarus 1883 Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman… Read more
The Serenity Room: An Addict Afraid
I’m afraid of the life unlivedThe child inside me who hollers at echoesAnd sits cross-legged, to wait. My time gets shortAnd I want to rest, to listen,But the child… Read more