by Jodie Stevens | Apr 4, 2021 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction |
For decades The Twelve Steps have helped people recover from addiction to alcohol, drugs, pornography, gambling, food and more. The Twelve Steps were written by Bill W., author of the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book, with input from the Oxford Group. The Oxford Group...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 11, 2021 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Happiness, Psychology and Personal Growth |
If you are reading this, it’s probably safe to assume you have been in at least one unhealthy relationship in your life. Maybe it is a pattern and you have asked yourself why you keep attracting harmful individuals. Of course there are many different reasons. I...
by Jodie Stevens | Feb 10, 2021 | Bible and Theology, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Hope |
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish it’s work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything” (James...
by Jodie Stevens | Jan 28, 2021 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Psychology and Personal Growth |
In the co-dependent family system, feeling are uncomfortable to talk about and they are usually disregarded or minimized. I often heard things like “we don’t know why you feel that way,” or “you shouldn’t feel that way.” So pretty soon, you don’t. Or you...
by Jodie Stevens | Jan 13, 2021 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Happiness, Hope, Psychology and Personal Growth |
“Lord, if you will strike me sober, I will throw away all my heavy metal CD’s.” That is how the conversation with God went 15 years ago when I desperately wanted to quit drinking. There I was in my swanky little apartment filling two big black heavy duty trash bags...
by Jodie Stevens | Dec 7, 2020 | Boundaries, Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Psychology and Personal Growth |
“When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity” (1 Corinthians...
