Addict's Messy Marriage

There are legitimate fears and there are fake fears. How do we know when our fears are adult fears or when they are child fears? Walk with me as I tackle fears I've been working on and new fears I'm beginning to work on overcoming. Fears are a tricky thing as they are rooted in memories, but the memories were based on our skills and abilities to make decisions as a child and not based on the skills and abilities we have as adults. I hope you get as much out of this topic as I have gotten out of sharing. Thanks for joining me on this life long journey of recovery.

Have you noticed that the further into recovery you get the less motivation you have to become a better person? This has been the case for me. Walk with me as I explore this thought in my life.

Being Alone. It could probably be the title to the scariest movie I would ever watch. Why is being alone so scary? Walk with me as I explore this topic in my life.

It is amazing that it is already a year later. Walk with me as I review my old podcasts and the progress I have made in the last year. Let me know the stories and progress that you made in this last year. E-mail me at [email protected].

Trauma is a tricky and complicated thing and even more so when we are talking about our spouse's trauma. Walk with me as I explore this topic and recent events that I reviewed as a result.

We use the term resilience a lot but I'm not sure I fully new what it meant until I studied it recently. Walk with me as I review the idea of resilience and how I'm learning to build the skill.

I have found there are a lot of similarities between recovering from addiction and improving my marriage. One of these concepts is the idea of being proactive vs. reactive. Listen as I walk through how this concept is helping me improve my marriage.

Why do we continue to use the same techniques from childhood to deal with life as an adult. Walk with me as I review how self preservation helped me as a child but is hurting me as an adult.

No time more than now are our spouses as maxed out as they have ever been. Between homeschooling and taking care of the house they are on the verge of breaking. Walk with me as I commit to not being the third child in my house and take responsibility to help my wife.

They say we will see the biggest spike in divorces coming out of this quarantine, but what if we used this time to improve our marriage and family. What if we are able to look at and communicate about those areas that we have ignored for so long. Walk with me as I explore these thoughts in my own marriage and family.