“Do I Have to Go to A.A. Meetings to Stay Sober?”

by Samsara on April 7, 2009

Newcomers to Alcoholics Anonymous will end up asking this question of A.A. members, their sponsor, or of themselves. It’s an important question so let’s get to the root of the answer.

What People Think of Me is None of my Business

by Samsara on July 4, 2008

Being an HSP is quite enough, from intuitive or psychic overclocking to visions into peoples’ Souls. The last thing I ever need is to make what you think about me my business. I will already have the basics involuntarily but the least I can do is learn and then share with other HSP’s or recovering Codependents for that matter – that it is not my business. Three businesses: Mine, yours, and God’s. The HSP or Extra-Intuitive may inadvertently dabble in realms other than ours or the Codependent may *know* due to enmeshment or boundary issues or the Alcoholic may “know” due to habitual guilt and self-loathing – but if I can help myself and you keep the eye on the prize which is knowing what OUR business is, we’ll be happy people irrespective of who thinks what about us. Read this article!

Law of Attraction & Metaphysically Manifesting not “The Secret”

June 22, 2008

The Law of Attraction is a buzz word these days isn’t it? So is the book name, The Secret. And although I have vaguely discussed how this seemingly relatively new and popular theosophy has come into being, I have also discussed and shared that The Secret was by no means the first to introduce the concept of metaphysical attraction or the Law of Attraction, or attracting abundance, or whatever new meme-speak you want to call it.

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Stop Drinking Without Alcoholics Anonymous

June 3, 2008

Can you quit drinking without Alcoholics Anonymous? I’ll explore the myths and the truths.

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Reconstructing Rick – A Drug Addict’s Story

May 26, 2008

Drug addiction or alcoholism – as well as any other dis-ease, “ism,” or addiction that has a stronghold over our spirits, minds, emotions, or bodies – is often a one-way ticket to hell for many people. Yet, there is a way out that has worked for hundreds and thousands of others in the form of 12 Step Recovery. Rick shares his story.

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A Relative’s Alcoholic Drinking Problem – A Memoir

May 20, 2008
Stop! Someone is drinking!

The next night, I’d checked her liquor supply. She had none left, I reasoned, so if she does not go to the liquor store tonight, I’ll be okay. She didn’t go to the liquor store or drink that night. Or the next night. Or the next night. or even the next night. I remember, still, as happy as I was, waiting for the other shoe to drop.

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Alcoholics and Drug Addicts in Alcoholics Anonymous

May 15, 2008

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope as it relates to recovery from alcoholism. Thousands and thousands of meeting are held daily worldwide. The Alcoholics Anonymous text book has been translated into several languages. And as for recovery rates? “Rarely have we seen a person fail [...]

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Release from the Opinions of other People

May 8, 2008

Do you or have you spent a large portion of your life insuring that people like you? Have you bent over backwards for people you may not even know, only to try to get them to like you? Do you or have you ever extensively worried whether someone likes you or not?
If you think someone [...]

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Sensitivity in an Insensitive World

May 2, 2008

For Highly Sensitive People, the insensitive world can feel quite overwhelming and emotionally charged at times. Trying to change the world to suit us seems a little ridiculous and equally ridiculous is to try to change ourselves to be okay with the “insensitivity.” But, if we could change our perceptions, then we would be more comfortable in this world.

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Taking Care of Ourselves – Physically, Emotionally, and Mentally

April 27, 2008

How often I was at the whim of the world, constantly waiting for permission to take care of myself. Perceiving I was under constant scrutiny from the outside world, it would seem I always waited for the world to take care of me. I waited for someone to say, “Well eat something!” or “Take a [...]

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Rumors, Gossip, and the Truth

February 19, 2008

What do rumors and gossip have to do with the truth? What if the rumor or the gossip is based in truth? What if the rumor is true altogether? Is it then okay to continue gossiping or relaying the rumor?
Recently I had the fortune of reading Ron C. Baker Sr’s Rumors: The Ugly Side of [...]

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Help an Alcoholic to Stop Drinking

February 1, 2008

Good afternoon friends! After several messages of friends online asking “How do I help an alcoholic friend stop drinking?” I knew, then, I needed to do something. Therefore, I am going to offer some suggestions. But before you take off with these suggestions, I am sure to have some Al-Anons or Codependents who’ve arrived at this [...]

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Manifesting into Physical Existence

January 1, 2008

Manifesting into Physical Existence
Four Basic Metaphysical Lessons in Learning how to Manifest
Manifesting items into physical existence as a topic for an article is easier to swallow for practitioners and students of metaphysical spirituality or metaphysical and gnostic christianity. For others, this article will be a waste of time. I implore those who may have found [...]

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Saying ‘No.’ Sometimes it’s an Entire Chapter.

September 4, 2007

I think we associate ‘No’ with negative as in negative feelings and negative consequences. I know I used to. As a child, being told ‘No” was usually accompanied by a look or a tone. As a result, I think I grew up thinking No was just ‘bad.’ As a further extension of this, I avoided [...]

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August Leo Reign of Royalty

August 4, 2007

Who’s into astrology or the zodiac? I’m not really but I enjoy being 5th house in the Zodiac, which is the splendid Leo. August the 9th is my Birthday so I’m an easy Leo and would have been one whether I came a couple weeks earlier or delayed until a few weeks later.
Leo: July 24th [...]

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The Law of Attraction Introduction

July 27, 2007

Not so recently, I purchased the book, The Secret, not because I wanted to learn about the “Law of Attraction” but because I was curious as to why such a small little book utilizing such ancients concepts would get so popular so quickly and be rather expensive in relation to similar books. Did it offer [...]

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Jesus, Gnostic Texts and the Spiritual Key : Part 2/2

April 8, 2007

Ecclesiastical Christianity vs Jesus
A problem I have had trouble reconciling has been any Church Doctrine holding that their version of Christianity is the authoritative version based on the decisions of other people who came and decided before them. I implore anyone to engage help and inspiration in discussing the works, teachings, and precepts of Jesus [...]

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Ecclesiastical Christianity vs Jesus of Nazareth : Part 1/2

April 8, 2007

Was Jesus of Nazareth resurrected? Did this man, arguably the most important and influential man in history, come back after death? Or are millions of denominationally inclined Christians having the faith and hoping this was true? If true – and some would say that’s a big if – would this mean he was God? Or [...]

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Manifesting Reality

April 2, 2007

Manifesting Reality or Divine Metaphysics
It seems that the desire and sometimes almost the need for humans to change their circumstances is such an integral make-up of who we are, have we ever thought why. Almost like a hunger in the stomach that we know intuitively how to sate, why has it not yet become common [...]

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Controlling Codependent Bitch

March 29, 2007

“Controlling codependent bitch” is the term that would have someone visiting my “Quit Punishing Me” article this evening. Reading the article again, ever mindful of the search term used to reach it, I was reminded how insidious and damaging controlling behavior is.
Quit Punishing Me was an article I’d written in the middle of a confusing, [...]

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