Is it burnout? Or exhaustion? Regardless of what you call it, how do you deal with it? Topic: HITTING A WALL — embrace exhaustion. I never knew I could get this tired. I’ve always had the experience of “hitting a wall”. Period of time when the culmilative effects of work…

Day to day tasks “chip away” and diminish our mental fortitude! FACT: There is a inverse correlation between the amount of time I spend at Walmart and my level of life satisfaction. Inverse Correlation: a relationship between two variables in which the value of one variable increases as the value…

I used to think I was a family recovery expert. Until I became a family member in need. For the most part, “family recovery” is a woefully incomplete concept. I was one of those people who thought I had it figured out. But my ideas were massively incomplete. The “family…

Escaping escapism is not easy. Recovery is not for the faint of heart. There are many things that make recovery “challenging”. Of course, some people have a much steeper mountain to climb than others. But it’s tough sledding for all of us. For me, one of the most challenging issues…

Where did this strange philosophy come from? Don’t tell anyone, but I went to a meeting last night. Again, keep it quiet, but I have issues. So I attend a certain type of meeting where we talk about how to best deal with said issues. So I walk into the…

Another death this weekend. Someone I knew. A couple more last week that I didn’t know really well. But I knew the family. When you work up close and personal with people, as I do, it gets very difficult. Everyone knows about healthcare workers and the trauma they face dealing…

I don’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions. It makes more sense to mark time in terms of “birth year” rather than calendar year. I prefer to “start over” at the beginning of each new “birth year” rather than the beginning of each new year. At the end of the year…

It’s easier said than done! This is me talking to myself about myself. ) You detach from the emotional obsession and the illusion of control. You do not automatically eliminate the person from your life. Unless this person is mistreating you. Stealing, putting you in danger, or just wearing you…

We can do better than “hit bottom”. You walk into a support group, your mind is racing and you are scared to death. The terminology may be hard to follow. It comes at you from all angles. Detach… Don’t rescue… Don’t worry… Pray… Set boundaries… Don’t enable… Wait until they…