For The Addicts

You are reaching and your addiction has made you feel like you are your own ghost. I know from experience that like any addiction, whatever yours is, you are dealing with many of the same emotions any trauma brings on. You’ve read so many resources trying to end this journey of addiction you’ve reached out

Overcoming Co-Addiction & What That Word Even Means

This is a subject that I have learned only recently and have developed a publication since I felt it was such an epiphany to myself. I am sure that within addiction many people do not even understand or are aware of this happening. It’s a lengthy read but does touch on each point and how

Overcoming Self Sabotaging In New Relationships

I haven’t been single very long now but even so there are still lessons I am learning and understanding regarding new relationships in comparison to my past one. As new people come into your life it is natural to discover also new anxiety as well. Things that you may not have yet been aware of

Not Allowing Others To Take Blame Within Your Recovery.

Within your time of growing and recovering you may find those around you starting to feel somewhat responsible for anything they have felt they could have helped in but did not. It is just important to make sure that a finality is given to them. That they are not a part of what you are

Lives Of Memories

I went to see the sunrise but my body would not allow me to leave. So I was unable to get there, where the earth turns downward to bring the burning star over the horizon. For a moment it became a realization that I nor anyone else had ever seen the sun actually rise. It

When Someone You Love Kills You

Yes, that is pretty straight forward. You probably keep a lot of things buried as you are trying to battle your way back to reality. If you are still in the midst of your abuse or have just gotten out of it then it may feel like you are just laying there looking up wondering

The God Angle: Fear

If someone makes you feel fear at all then your love or relationship is not from a good place. It is not from God or from any higher power or plane of existence. For it is fundamental in any belief that Love is not made up of fear. Even scriptures thousands of years old say

The God Angle: Love (Trigger Warning Sexual Abuse)

The God Angle & Other Secrets We Never Should Have Kept From Ourselves. If you arrived upon this for the poetry then scroll to the bottom where it says 436 Words: unless you want the back story. In the recent past I came to understand a great deal of how I was viewing my relationships

“Ghostlighting” The Ever Living Connection Between Need & Abuse

As we heal more every day you may find it new when connecting or interacting with people whether in relationships, friendship or family. At times wondering if this is what it feels like to have “normal” interactions with people. The need for an explanation of people’s actions and behavior may be present even as those

Healing Your Mind After Abuse

This process is surely an ongoing one. It will and has taken me a great deal of time to even have gotten this far. I have spent many years as a writer and it still has been a battle to get to the point of being able to write about my own abuse. Regardless of