When I came to the end of myself, I stopped holding on to hope in you and transferred it back to hope in Him.
Their Addiction~My Journey-“I Couldn’t Be”
Their Addiction ~My Journey- “A Year Now”
I had reached my end. A year ago, everything changed. Not because you chose recovery, but because I did.
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Their Addiction ~ My Journey- “Why Letting Go is So Darn Hard in Addiction”
I know the consequences of addiction. All of the consequences. In order to let go, I had to accept them- no matter what. And it’s fire in an already burning pain.
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Their Addiction ~ My Journey- “Why Letting Go is So Darn Hard in Addiction”
I know the consequences of addiction. All of the consequences. In order to let go, I had to accept them- no matter what. And it’s fire in an already burning pain.
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Quick Reflections- Stop the Pity Party
You worked every angle to get your way. We worked every opportunity to help you live.
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Their Addiction~My Journey- A Personal Note to Parents of Loved Ones in Addiction
For some, the safe love is for their own heart and wellness- because the stress of their loved one’s addiction has caused true illness- heart disease, high blood pressure, mental illness due to-anxiety, drastic mood shifts, and mental sickness from the occasional life saved from overdose, right there in your living room or bathroom.
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New Podcast- “Recovery Is Possible”
Listen to one mom’s letter of praise and gratitude for one son’s fight to live!
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Their Addiction ~My Journey, “Don’t Die”
In hoping to help her brother, my daughter once told me, “Take him to the graveyard and force him to pick his plot. Because it’s either death, jail, or treatment.”
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Authentic Truths in Addiction – “The Quiet Truth of the Possibility of Death”
We will come to peace and accept things we cannot control or change, have the courage to change the things we can, and gain wisdom to know the difference. (The Serenity Prayer)
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New Podcast- “Who Failed?”
A chat about unpacking our choices in handling a loved one's addiction. What did I do right? Or wrong? Did my decisions assist addiction or place a firm boundary around it?
Lisa Wenninger and Authentic Truths 