Slogans bring peace to relationship with boyfriend
By Stephanie H., Florida
When my alcoholic boyfriend did or said something that irritated me, I would usually respond with sarcasm. Now I take a moment and think, "How Important Is It?"
Thinking of that slogan gives me time to think about what I’m going to say or how I’m going to respond. It gives me time to figure out how important something is to my life, in the bigger scheme of things.
A new relationship brought my old issues back
By Claudia M., Arizona
I am an incest survivor; I met an alcoholic the day I was born.
I replaced him with other alcoholics, as well as gamblers and addicts of every kind. I was single until I was 52. I remember thinking, “I’ve finally got myself a ‘normal’ guy!” But the truth was, his life had been affected by someone else’s drinking and he hadn’t yet found recovery.
Recovery repairs relationship between father and son
By Michael W., California
I spent most of my life depressed. The only variation was the degree of depression, cycling back and forth between moderate to severe depression. Nothing really ever helped; the medications simply modulated it from severe to tolerable.
