It may come as a surprise the steps don't include, "help person get into a treatment program" or "help person drink less". I imagine these are options you have already tried. I believe it to be more helpful to work through areas within your control.
Category: Personal Growth
An Essay on Fear
I’ll lock you up with protection, I’ll keep you confined to small margins of happiness.
Hope
In our current environment hope feels far away. Depression feels far more approachable and time appropriate. Yet, I chose to write about hope this month because it seems like something we need. Hope. A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Hope seems to come from shifts in our every day … Continue reading Hope
Stress Margin
Margin: The space between reasonable stress and unreasonable. I’m always curious about the real put together human that all of a sudden falls apart in public. Truly, there’s something sacred happening here. I have the urge to put out construction signs and say, “Caution Ahead, give this human some space, they are going to need … Continue reading Stress Margin
Projection
Projection can occur in our relationships when we feel powerless. It can act as avoidance of conflict and is likely to show up passively in other relationships.
Mindfulness and the Tongue
The practice of mindfulness provides space to learn how the body postures when stressed, relaxed, or happy.
Mindfulness and Isolation
Our thoughts are apart of us, they are not the sole vote of our identity. On the other hand, if we have difficulty allowing the movement of thoughts, we can feel isolated and stuck.
Resistance to Mindfulness
I consider for a moment what it's like to be connected to the present. I quickly recall, like abrasive film strips, my last journey. It was too difficult, too painful, and far too overwhelming.
Emotional Equality in Relationships, Part 1
Have women accidentally taught men they shouldn't take on emotional responsibility...
Tribute
I shared the following for the funeral service for Donna. Thank you to all who attended and helped us celebrate her life... I am Brooke Bickert, daughter-in-law to Donna Bickert, a.k.a. Boosh. The first time I had a sit down conversation with Boosh, was when I was 17. Then, for only a short time she was Mrs. … Continue reading Tribute
Mental Health & Journaling 