TOPICS OF NOTE:
- Gloria's Everyday Truthtelling Letters as a journey into owning her own crap
- How reading the feelings of others helped her not feel alone
- Social media reflecting experiences that were not her own
- Why connecting through letters is different than through social media
- Cultivating an intentional audience and a disciplined practice for reflection in her letters
- Walking the line between sharing what is intimate vs. personal
- The definition of codependency for Gloria
- The role codependency plays in living with addictions
- The nasty beast of active alcoholism
- Living in survival mode when alcoholism is present
- The sigh of relief that is still happening in her life
- The long road of recovery and rebuilding
- When medication is life-saving
- The partner's overlooked perspective in recovery
- The illusion of going back to normal
- Navigating in a never before lived life
- Viewing marriage in a new way
- Relationship fallout, new healthy undoings, and rebuilding
- The value of a new support network
And, during AFTER THOUGHTS Colleen reflects on what Gloria has shared and asks the question, "Are there any truths that we aren't speaking?"
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