There is nobody here to share my sorrow There is nobody here to cut the ball and chain of my responsibilities, my chores To allow me to run and play like a carefree child, to think of happy things and make daisy chains in the sun When will someone hear my cry? You walk away and leave [...]
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I Am Alone
Posted in 12 Step, Addiction, Codependency, Coping Mechanisms, Depression, Poetry, Relationships, SAnon, Self Love, Thoughts, tagged 12 Step Program, ACOA, addiction, adult child, alcoholic home life, alcoholism, childhood grief, codependency, codependent relationships, Depression, dysfunctional families, God, Inner Child, internal misery, poetry, sadness, SAnon, self love on April 26, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Running on Empty
Posted in 12 Step, Codependency, Depression, Relationships, SAnon, Self Harm, Self Love, Suicide, Thoughts, tagged ACOA, adult child, alanon, alcoholic home, alcoholism, Alone, codependency, Depression, Inner Child, isolation, loneliness, sadness, SAnon, Self Harm, self love, stuck on April 2, 2011 | 7 Comments »
As an adult child of an alcoholic I often feel so alone in this world. Nobody understands me, nobody gets me, nobody will feel the pain and sadness I feel inside. Imagine a car stalled in the middle of a major highway and all the other cars whizzing by, not noticing it’s there. It wants some help, so badly [...]
Codependency & Loss of Identity
Posted in 12 Step, Addiction, Codependency, Relationships, SAnon, Self Love, Thoughts, tagged ACOA, addictive relationships, adult children, alanon, alcoholic children, alcoholic home life, codependency, codependent relationships, dependency, family, finding self, Health, loss of self, SAnon, self identity, self love, unhealthy relationships on September 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Have you ever heard anyone say they don’t know who they are anymore? Losing your identity is losing sight of what you like doing, what you think or what makes you happy for example. At this time in my life I don’t know who I am or what I like (to an extent) and I [...]
Sex & Love Addiction Help
Posted in 12 Step, Addiction, Anxiety, bipolar disorder, Books, Codependency, Depression, Medication, mental illness, SAnon, Self Harm, Self Help/Support Groups, Thoughts, tagged Amazon.com, American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Love Addiction, love addiction help, love addiction suicide, love addicts, love avoidants, love fantasies, Obsessive–compulsive disorder, Patrick Carnes, romance fantasies, SA, SAnon, sex addict, sex addiction suicide, Sex Addicts Anonymous, Sexual addiction, sexual fantasies, sexual thoughts, Sexuality, SLAA, Substance dependence, Twelve-step program, unwanted fantasies on September 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
As I suffer from generalised anxiety disorder and various OCD symptoms such as the need to have things orderly, clean and perfect, I was wondering whether love and sex addiction is classed a form of OCD. Some experts believe that sexual addiction is literally an addiction, directly analogous to alcohol and drug addictions. Other experts believe [...]
Tired of Codependency
Posted in 12 Step, Addiction, Books, Codependency, SAnon, Thoughts, tagged 12 Step Program, addiction, addictive relationships, alcoholic home life, coaddict, coaddiction, CODA, codependency, codependency games, Facing Love Addiction, growing up in an alcoholic home, Love Addiction, Love Avoidant, Pia Mellody, SAA, SAnon, sex addiction, SLAA, unhealthy relationships on August 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’m tired of being a codependent, I’m tired of the same old games/scenarios. They get us nowhere, it pushes us back further into an abyss. Last night I picked up the book “Facing Love Addiction” by Pia Mellody which my counsellor recommended to me. I was absolutely gobsmacked at the games two codependents play with each other (unknowingly). [...]
Expectations & Perfectionism
Posted in 12 Step, SAnon, Thoughts, tagged 12 Step Program, alanon, alcoholic home life, alcoholics anonymous, control, dysfunctional families, dysfunctional traits, dysfunctional upbrinings, expectations, growing up in an alcoholic home, perfectionism, SAnon on August 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How many times have you had expectations about something or someone, just to turn around and feel disappointed? Until I started 12 Step Programs, I did not understand what expectations were. Some examples of my expectations are expecting people to do the same quality of work as me in the workplace, expecting anyone who cleans [...]
