I know (and probably you know some) men who converted to religious faith and made immediate and radical changes in their lives. If you notice such sudden positive changes, you shouldexamine theirsourceinsteadof responding suspiciously. For instance, if your alcoholic and irresponsible spouse gets b...
After I made my way through her novel to me, I was so sick to my stomach that I literally couldn’t get a handle on myself for the rest of the day. I don’t know what the future holds, but I do know it doesn’t hold me in a relationship with someone whose thoughts and ...
I was in a relationship with an alcoholic for 15 years always blaming HIM for our relationship problems. But, when I reach recovery in Al-Anon (a 12 step program for family and friends of alcoholics), the sister program to AA,I discovered that I TOO needed to become a better person in...
That means you can purchase a United Club membership and access their lounge even if you’re flying on Southwest at the time. The majority of these lounge memberships will also allow you to bring your spouse, domestic partner, and/or children with you (or 2 other guests total). Lounge mem...
This is where the Holy Spirit is really going to be coming in big time. Depending on the kind of predicament you are dealing with, you will have to be totally guided and led by the Holy Spirit as to how to handle each one of these battle situations. ...
Now that I see what my parents didn’t give me, how do I continue to interact with them? Should I tell my parents how they failed me? If I talk to my parents about CEN, won’t it make them feel bad? How do I handle the pain that I feel now, as an adult, each time my...
Fiction: “When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle joint just outside of Sonoma, California, drinking the heart right out of a fine spring afternoon. —James Crumley,The Last Good Kiss ...
Does he threaten to leave you penniless whenever you argue? If your spouse or intimate partner shows any of these controlling behaviours, you are most likely experiencing economic abuse. Emotional abuse meaning Can domestic violence be verbal? Yes, emotional or verbal abuse refers to actions meant...
I was dumbfounded as to how to reach viable solutions with them and often found myself adopting their energy, unwittingly—a habit I think I picked up from years of similar exchanges with my father, who had suffered from an alcoholic father as well as the tragic loss of his mother at a...
spouse role," noting that "those who are using their children to get their emotional needs met may believe that the new arrangement is a good one because they believe everyone benefits. They get their needs met and, as they see it, their children benefit because they get to feel useful ...