I love your letters, Ellie. They are so affirming! Good news. Last night I was at a meeting and was telling the group about a problem I'm having with the...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Oct 1, 1999 1:30 pm
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All the addictions are based on the primary addiction to people. What happens in 12-step programs is that our addictions are transferred to people, and we form...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Oct 2, 1999 1:31 pm
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Ellie, I have a question for you. You mention co-dependency every now and then on the list. What exactly is co-dependency? How would you describe it? Frank ...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Oct 5, 1999 10:50 am
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I see I need to correct the way I put this in my prvious post. All the addictions are based on the primary addiction to people. What happens in 12-step...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Oct 5, 1999 11:04 am
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My comment about transferring addictions to people at 12-step meetings referred to AA, OA, etc. I used to measure my self worth by how many cards I got at...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Oct 5, 1999 4:08 pm
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... Frank Dear Frank, You bring tears to MY eyes because of your progress with this, but please don't give me all this credit. This understanding of the...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Oct 6, 1999 11:16 am
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I chose this logo 'clearpathways' because recovery is about clearing the neural pathways, especially those where memories of early trauma are stored. The way...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Oct 11, 1999 2:10 pm
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I'm pleased to say the article has now been sent to all prisons in these countries: USA, Canada, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Norway, Sweden,...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Oct 19, 1999 9:01 am
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Thank you for your support of the progress. I do get angry at people's denial and it helps me to focus on the postive comments. Although the theory is proven...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Oct 20, 1999 11:55 am
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I have wanted to give you some background for the toxic mind theory upon which the self help measures are based. My disovery of the toxic mind as the basis for...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 4, 1999 2:34 pm
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From Lynn: My husband's birthday was last Sunday. We had a beautiful day with friends around and went to watch a play in the evening. We had a very good time....
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 11, 1999 12:38 pm
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My emotional progress has been topsy turvy. Feel I am getting so close to ending the strangling hateful relationship with my mother. Going through body...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 12, 1999 1:35 pm
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Kip Kinkel, the 17-year-old who filled his journal with rage, self-loathing and fantasies of violence, was sentenced to nearly 111 years in...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 13, 1999 12:20 pm
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Hi Ellie, I understand better and better every day the anger I do have inside. I still have anger against the first therapist who does psychodrama. I saw...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 15, 1999 12:44 pm
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Hello Ellie: I found and registered for this list recently. I have read the article a couple of times, and have a couple of questions. Firstly am trying to...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 18, 1999 12:50 pm
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Hi, Ellie, I could use your advice. I've been trying to write a certain novel for eleven years now, and recently I decided to devote myself to this project...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 18, 1999 1:30 pm
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Dear Ellie I have only recently become aware that I have a phychosomatic illness that is caused by repressed anger. I know this because I get terrible pains in...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 19, 1999 3:40 pm
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A note of caution about anger in current interactions. Those of us with repressed anger from childhood invariably have intense anger in current interactions...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 26, 1999 12:31 am
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I want to add to my last message about anger in current interactions, that even if we rage at current abusers in the self therapy, but not in person, it is...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 26, 1999 12:42 am
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A good day to mention some promises for post flood people. Post flood people gradually lose their cravings for junk food, including many foods now known not to...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 26, 1999 12:49 am
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Dear Elnora, I am 50 years old, a musician and artist; have had in many ways a wonderful life, but through it all the heartbreaking debilitation of these...
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Nov 28, 1999 10:59 am
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Ellie, why did you quit smoking, Madge Why? because it was killing me, I had a lung tumor, although I didn't know it when I quit. I had chronic lung disease....
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 29, 1999 3:55 pm
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Ellie, Started taking GABA, the amino acid, in the evening for insomnia and chronic fatigue. The bottle says it is a key inhibitory neurotransmitter. Wondered...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 29, 1999 4:35 pm
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Dear Ellie My parents were pretty heavy drinkers and very angry and authoritative. we we all pretty repressed as children. We were also raised in the Catholic...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 29, 1999 5:41 pm
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Insomnia and the compulsive thinking that usually accompanies it are excitatory symptoms. That means the brain is in a detox mode and there may be underlying...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 30, 1999 1:09 am
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Dear Elinor, One of the problems I experience is getting stuck several times a day at work or at home. By this I mean I get extremely impatient that I am not...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 30, 1999 1:14 pm
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Ellie: I thought you might be interested in some anger work I did at a primal intensive last month. I have been non-spiritual and non-religious for most of my...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 30, 1999 1:35 pm
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-- Dear Ellie, I was in quite a bit of pain most of the day and finally decided to just start banging on the wall and getting really mad at my parents and...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Nov 30, 1999 6:32 pm
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I am VERY concerned if anyone on this list wants to end it all. This is anger turned inward, and it needs to be constantly released and redirected toward past...
Elnora Van Winkle
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Dec 2, 1999 11:31 am
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If anyone is trapped in an abusive relationship, it may not be easy to find a safe place to use the self help measures, and they may even aggravate the...
