Self-Control is Not Only For the Abuser By Dr. Irene http://drirene.com Blaming is a big issue these days. Particularly in our litigious society, "somebody" is...
Controlling Behavior and Other Symptoms of Codependency Controlling Behavior: Codependents try to control events and people through helplessness, guilt,...
The Controlling Caregiver Dear Dr. Irene I read with great interest on your website today your description of the classic controller abuser vs. caregiver...
Controlling Anger - Before It Controls You ... -- TOPICS: What Is Anger? Anger Management Strategies To Keep Anger At Bay? Do You Need Counseling? ... -- We...
Controlling Patterns Interpersonal Behavior Tries to control others directly, bullying, dominating. Competitive. Tries to win at all costs in a conflict or...
Controlling Behavior-Relationships http://www.web-street.com/thingsarelookinup/Boundaries/Controlling.shtml The distance between insanity and genius is...
Passive-Aggressive Wo/man This applies to women, too! *FEAR OF DEPENDENCY - Unsure of his autonomy & afraid of being alone, he fights his dependency needs -...
"Why Does He Do That? Inside The Minds Of Angry And Controlling Men" Lundy Bancroft breaks the cycle of abuse and blows the cover off abusive men, revealing...
Terri, I agree. There's no monopoly on control by either of the sexes. I'm sorry for the loss of your mother. ... Received: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 08:48:56 AM PDT ...
"The Awakening" A time comes in your life when you finally get it...when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and...
"God..... I am so glad I am not God anymore." - Splendra Codependency/The Savior Complex People who are codependent care a lot; they devote their lives to...
Someone asked me to repost this: Woundology Many times, it's our past wounds that keep us from forming healthy relationships in our present. And we can...
From Paths to Recovery Alanon Book revised for Coda we admitted we were powerless over others - that our lives had become unmanageable. Do I accept that I...
1. You have a bad day and you lash out at someone. You apologize later and explain your situation to the person in charge. That person tells you too bad, so...
The Twelve Steps of Co-Dependents Anonymous 1. We admitted we were powerless over others - that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a...
Subject: Meditation: Trusting God (spiritual) Sometimes we experience times of frustration in our life. We believe we're on track, trusting God and ourselves,...
Hope for Today - September 22 Talking openly and honestly with my family members is difficult and at times downright painful. Saying to people I love that I'm...
Subject: Meditation: Building Up Strength Before recovery we often saw crises as beyond our control. We tended to retreat into feelings of self-pity and...
Hope for Today - September 23 I suffered from the compulsive need for perfection that I developed while growing up with an alcoholic mother. I found that...
saw this and just had to do my **take* on it....... Little Things In Life Too often we don't realize what we have until it is gone; Too often we wait too late...
You are reading from the book Food for Thought. Don't Hang On As long as we are alive, we will experience times of joy and times of sadness. Trying to hang on...
Boundaries, Rights and Healthy Relationships #######ROSIE, this is something i never even had a clue about till recovery Setting boundaries means that we are...
You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go. Peace with the Past Even God cannot change the past. --Agathon Holding on to the past, either through...
September 25 The Fourth Step - Fearing Our Feelings "We may fear that being in touch with our feelings will trigger an overwhelming chain reaction of pain and...