Just a little something to let you know what I've been up to since my last podcast. I needed to take mental health break from the various projects I had going on. I've reduced a good number of projects, and now ready to focus my attention on things I enjoy doing. I look forward to taking you on this journey with me

I'm going to go over adult children of alcoholics 14 traits known as the laundry list. In this episode I'm going to do the first seven, and in the next episode I'll do the remaining seven traits.

Oneitis: (Slang)(Noun) attraction towards a single potential partner to the exclusion of other possible partners. As a love addict, I've had my fair share of oneitis. A simple smile would turn into fantasizing about them and then obsession. I would become laser focused on one person, and not noticing all the beauty surrounding me.

In my addiction I've enabled various qualifiers. Here are some signs of enabling and how I managed to enable others. These signs of enabling are reproduced from www.nedratawwab.com

What would you do if you could reset on an event or events in your life? It could be for a day, week, month, year or entire life. I'm interested in getting to know how you are resetting your life. I can be reached at [email protected]. You can also find Diary of a codependent love addict blog at recovering love addict.com

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. 12 step programs start with this or some variation of the serenity prayer before during or after a meeting the dictionary defines serenity as a state of being calm, peaceful, and troubled as a codependent love addict, my life revolved around chaos, instability, grief, anxiousness, and crisis. I had never really thought of taking a moment out of the day to experience serenity until I was forced to.

In my previous podcast I went over the first six of 13 characteristics of codependency. Today I'll be covering the remaining seven.

I came across this information while browsing an adult children of alcoholics group that I belong to on Facebook. Along with the characteristics, I've added how some of these characteristics have influenced my life. I've found this information useful and thought I'd share them with you.

What would you do if you found out that your addictions are not only subject to you, but have been in your family for many generations? It's usually through casual conversation with your family members that you find out that others have the same symptoms that you've had for years. I wouldn't be surprised if there are at least four generations of codependent people in my family. With each generation, more codependents are made. I can be reached at [email protected] & Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063525829905

Throughout my entire life I had to be in control of everything. If I wasn't in control of everything, I felt out of place and not needed. Only recently have I been able to reduce the amount of control that I have. My daughter recently graduated from high school, and I eliminated the need to be in control of every aspect of her graduation day. As uncomfortable as it felt, it was good for me to not have to rely on others to fulfill my needs. I can be reached at [email protected] & Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063525829905