Whispering Wyrd
The Healing Web
Category: Living Spiritually After Healing
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Like many people in recovery, there are things I have said and done that I regret. Words I wish I had never spoken. Choices I wish I had made differently. Years I wish I could re-do with the clarity I have now. But I can’t. And neither can you. What we can do is refuse…
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Some mornings, the path isn’t a windy mountain trail. It’s the distance between your bed and the bathroom. It’s the weight of your tired arms and legs, the fog in your brain, and the familiar ache of a tired body. Today is one of those days for me. I’m writing this on very little sleep,…
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Here’s another thing I’ve noticed since getting clean… disagreements don’t have to be disasters. That probably sounds obvious to a lot of people. But for those of us who have trauma or lived through addiction, disagreements can feel very different. They don’t just feel like differences of opinion, they feel like personal rejection. Like being…
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Actor Eric Dane recently died at 53. I didn’t know much about him beyond the fact that he had ALS, but I saw part of a video he recorded for his family. In it he told them something simple but very powerful… “Live now.” Don’t wait. Don’t assume you’ll have time later. Live now. That…
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Today I’m getting to exercise my ability to choose the good. I remember a long time ago a man I had a lot of respect for told me that when things are rough is when we really get to see that we have choices in how we react to unpleasant situations. I was telling him…
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I wrote recently about how much I love good conversations. Since then, I’ve had a couple of conversations that have stayed with me in a pretty deep way. One was with someone in recovery, and one was with someone who’s never had to navigate recovery at all, but like everyone else, has still had their…
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Those who’ve followed this blog (and my previous one) know I moved to New Mexico from Texas six years ago. But if you’re new here, welcome, and here are some thoughts that popped into my head today. One of my sons and his wife are currently visiting Texas. Next month, my wife, our youngest son,…
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I’ve got to be really open right now. I’ve been carrying something heavy since Sunday, and trying to push it down hasn’t worked. It’s started to make me feel physically unwell, which tells me I need to write about it despite risk of backlash. I’m honestly bewildered by what I’ve been seeing. So many people…
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Something I’ve noticed since getting clean is how much I love good conversations. I learn so much just by listening to people. I don’t remember ever having conversations like this before. I think there are two reasons for that. One, when I was drinking or taking pills I wasn’t very interested in listening, I was…
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