Category Archives: 3. Surviving Life with a Sex Addict
How to Take Care of YOU When No One Else Is
It’s easy for wives and moms to feel overwhelmed and under-appreciated—especially during the holidays. This is even more true for women whose husbands have become habitually distant or distracted by addiction or recovery. It’s easy to become bitter when the person who vowed to cherish us, doesn’t even notice that we could use a little…
When “Nothing is Impossible” Looks Like a Lie
Yep! We can’t always trust our eyes. What we see isn’t always evidence of the truth. There was a point in my husband’s recovery, where he had experienced a lot of healing and was, in general, doing VERY well. Most of the time he was enjoying a freedom he’d not known for a very long…
Focus in on a Better Life
What is your focus today? What’s at the very center of your interest or activity? Is it your burgeoning to-do list? Is it the chaos in your life? Is it the unfairness life has dumped on you? It’s so easy to let the situation around us be the thing we most focus on. It’s in…
Do I HAVE to Be My Husband’s Keeper?
One of the biggest challenges we face, as wives, is figuring out what our role should be in our husband’s recovery. What is healthy? What is helpful? What are our choices? • We could delegate the job of “fixing” our husband to someone else • We could take a hands off approach and wait for…
Sucking it Up Will Make You Sick!
Many wives have commented that they seem to be sick more often than normal since finding out about their husband’s problem or latest relapse. Every virus in the neighborhood appears to be knocking on their door and inviting itself in. It’s just one thing after another—colds, flu, stomach problems, headaches and all manner of other…
What Every Wife Should Know . . .
