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Peer Support Specialist (CPS) | SpacesHost | Voice crying out in the wilderness | Author | #WritingCommunity #RecoveryPosse #MentalHealth #NarcAbuse

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7 months
Love is holding all of us!
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10 months
I lost my sobriety last night. It’s hard to talk abound because so many people encouraged me for reaching two months…. #RecoveryPosse
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10 months
2 months sober today. Grateful. #RecoveryPosse
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5 months
I’m going to stop smoking today.
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6 months
I’ve had a rough year. Divorce, lost custody, went to hospital because of depression, lost apartment, and no job. I read this and thought, “Really, God? I feel so weak.” I’m looking forward to the new year because I have no place to go but up.
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6 months
Instead of making resolutions, have you heard of making a word of the year to think and meditate on? My word is JOY. What’s your word for 2024?
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7 months
I’ve started my first 90 and 90, and I’ve been in program for 14 years. I’m on day 5. Please applaud. #RecoveryPosse
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6 months
Do you truly believe this?
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6 months
I’m feeling down and empty inside today. This holiday has been tough. Despite this, I will find joy today.
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10 months
@AnaLee06084892 I’m back on the wagon tonight. No alcohol in the house.
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10 months
I didn’t feel guilty afterwards. I felt like God’s forgiveness was right there before I ask.
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3 years
@tlhicks713 @LuvAll81 I was going to like and RT, but the last statement leaves a sour taste. It feels like I’m being pressured into those actions. Maybe I’ll meme without that last sentence about the 99%. Feels mean.
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3 years
Day 1 of sobriety. One day at a time. And I’m able to be honest about it, which is what I feared that I wouldn’t be able to do. I am able to see that there is a harm to myself because I’m feeling depressed. Sober today. Honest today. Insight today. Peace today. #RecoveryPosse
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4 months
What is your best sentence in four words? Me: I got the job!!!
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10 months
I called my sponsor this afternoon. Told him the details. I want to stay sober today, just today.
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3 years
Today is day 2 of sobriety. #grateful #RecoveryPosse
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4 years
Showing my 3.5-year-old daughter the bookmark I received as a gift from my short-term mission trip to Mongolia. #spiritualdryness
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7 months
A new timer asks an old timer, “How long do I have to go to meetings for?” Old timer replies, “you have to go until you want to go.” (I’m on day 7 of a 90 and 90. I’ll let you know.) #RecoveryPosse
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7 months
Progress, not perfection.
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9 months
I cried a lot this afternoon. I cried so loud that my dad heard and came up. He asked me if he could pray for me? He prayed so hard that tears came out of his eyes. I’ve never seen my dad cry. I’m so blessed.
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10 months
Have you had a spiritual awakening? #RecoveryPosse 🧵
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10 months
@ajsgmajc Almost day 3
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10 months
I stopped at two although I was tempted for two hours. I had a case of the F*CK its and said what the hell. I got so much stress in my life that I need to self-medicate. I’m a grown-ass man. I can do what ever I want. Trauma-bond with ex-wife, job interviews, debt.
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8 months
Is it possible to be fully recovered from addiction? What does that look like? Total abstinence or a drink here and there but without the obsession? Question for #RecoveryPosse
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4 years
@PixMichelle @KathleenSoprano @GenericBologna I love my family, money, and the Oxford comma.
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3 years
During the first few months of divorce, I wanted to call up every person I knew who had been through this excruciating process and ask: “How are you still standing? How did you get through this? How are you still alive?”
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6 months
Is it possible to find joy in the MIDST of narcissistic abuse?
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7 months
How often do you think about God? How often do you think God thinks about you? Me: Always
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6 months
I’ve healed a lot and have started writing, not just the next chapter in my life, but the next book.
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5 months
Can you name your emotions?
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3 years
@JessicaXDiamond @beffybadbelly Some states in the US will automatically give primary custody to the non-disabled parent in a divorce. Even if the non-disabled person was abusive. Please pray for my LGBTQ+ and disabled friend fighting for more time with her 8yo.
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2 years
A verse given to me in 2001 when I traveled to Mongolia to establish her church.
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2 months
Today, I had to tell my dad that he couldn’t drive anymore. 😢😢😢
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6 months
I’ve been divorced for 8 months and am just now beginning to enjoy my singleness.
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5 months
I taught my 78yo and 73yo parents about Taylor Swift tonight. 😅
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3 years
Day 3 for me. It's not hard to check-in when I was sober yesterday. I'm terrified that I won't have the ability to be honest with my sponsor and program mates if I act out. #RecoveryPosse
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7 months
Anybody else coming out of a depression?
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Just Tom
10 months
@Jonny_Boyle Back up again.
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Just Tom
2 months
I have bipolar. I’m a Christian. I’m an addict.
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5 months
I woke up this morning and felt like shit. Felt like I was suffering.
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5 months
I’m going to stop smoking today.
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8 months
What song shall we sing in heaven over and over again for 10,000 years? “Our God Is an Awesome God”
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10 months
@CarolJo_ Thank you. I recognize my trigger my picking up. I’m back on track.
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6 months
You get a free year of lessons to anything you want. What lesson would you choose? Me: Tennis
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5 months
There could be many reasons I’m feeling depressed - none of which are my fault and warrant self-blame.
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3 years
@joshmrowley I’m a Christian. Just like you, and God invented medicine. That snake on a staff symbol for medicine. That’s in Exodus. If one person gets vaccinated because of this message, it will be worth it! In your QT, ask God for wisdom. Thanks!
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My dad is in home hospice care now and could pass away any day. I’m feeling concerned that this could be a trigger for me.
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8 months
Do you profread your Tweets?
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5 months
I’m growing by healing past wounds. How about you?
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7 months
Sum up the Bible in one word.
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6 months
Are you where you want to be?
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5 months
There is no growth in the comfort zone. There is no comfort in the growth zone.
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Just Tom
3 months
Did anybody else experience ‘eclipse sickness?’
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7 months
I’m missing my ex-wife today who treated me so horribly throughout the divorce and prevented me from seeing my 7yo daughter. Is this a trauma-bond?
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@RaisinsApples B) Matthias - who was chosen by prayer and drawing lots. Acts 1:26
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7 months
I want to remove the trauma-bond with my ex-wife. God, please give me the strength, confidence, and courage to do this.
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3 years
@holyqueerit They are based on change without acceptance of the ways things are. DBT and 12-step stand in contrast. Acceptance and change at the same time. Everyone is doing the best they can in any given moment and everyone can do better. The 3 you mention are just “do better.”
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My daughter was recommended for a Social Emotional Learning program after school. I fear she’s having difficulties bc she hasn’t had any contact with me for 15 months. None. Zero. Zilch. A daughter needs her father in her life. 😢😭
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7 months
When someone tells you that they were abused, the first two things to tell them are: 1. I believe you. 2. It wasn’t your fault.
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4 years
@holyqueerit Great question! Along your lines, it was learning that the female in Song of Solomon was a dark and lovely beauty. 🤯
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10 months
@MaryMacElveen Went to a meeting. Another one tonight.
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2 years
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10 months
What would you do if you knew you had eternal life?
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6 months
Do you find it easier to give love or receive love?
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2 years
@Heather_Pants By carefully reviewing Bob the Tomato’s eye movements.
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7 months
Wish me some self-confidence as a share my story with my faith community soon.
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7 months
Anybody else been having a rough year?
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6 months
Please pray as I turn to Jesus to comfort me.
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9 months
I know that Jesus is alive because he lives in me.
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3 months
Mental health check in: On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being the highest) my negative thoughts have been at an 8 or 9 since last week. Please pray for me. Thanks!
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7 months
Why do I attract people with borderline personality disorder into my life?
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Just Tom
2 years
I’m showing The Princess Bride to a Millennial and a Gen Z for the first time ever! 👀
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3 years
Sustaining grace. 458 days ago I was tossed to the side like garbage, trampled on, and set on fire. A horrendous discard phase of psychologically abusive marriage. Every single day for 458 days, God woke me up, gave me strength to breathe and grieve, and has sustained me.
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2 months
I just realized that I have been triggered my entire life. 🤯 Is this what normal people feel like?
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2 years
I’m at federal court today. I have to speak truth to power. Please pray that I would have the patience of Job.
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7 months
“Rehab is a place where you pay $20,000 to learn that meetings are free.” I’m on day 15 of a 90 and 90. #RecoveryPosse
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5 months
Me: I’m depressed 😔 Friend: Try not being depressed Me: 😡
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3 years
Seeing everyone check in, makes me want to check in. Day 6. Went to a meeting today. #RecoveryPosse
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6 months
Any day I make it through is a feat of survival.
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2 months
Money is the root of all evil.
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6 months
Have you found JOY after narcissistic abuse? Please tell me how.
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5 months
I am proud of myself. Major self-validation breakthrough happening over here.
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2 months
When I told my dad he couldn’t drive anymore, there was quiet acceptance. My mom knew it was time, and we both agreed that we will drive him around to wherever he needs to go. In the end he said, “your support means more to me than my freedom.” 🥲
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6 months
I finalized my divorce in April. So I’m really posting this affirmation about 5 years earlier than I’m ready to.
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10 months
@UKopr8r I have not asked God for forgiveness. I believe he is saying… There’s nothing to forgive.
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8 months
Forgiving someone does not mean you have to trust them… EVER!
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7 months
If this were true, how much patience would you give to yourself? A lot or a little?
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2 months
Where are you in your journey? I’m just beginning to see a clearing as my life is starting to get back on track.
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7 months
Who else is with me?
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6 months
Who wants to be the first one to meet Jesus when he comes?
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5 months
I break the trauma bond, and
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7 months
Are narcissistic parents even capable of authentic love and emotional empathy for their children?
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5 months
How do you find your worth?
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6 months
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17 days
Happy Father’s Day! We miss you dearly.
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6 months
Day 34 of my first 90 and 90. More than a third of the way through. It’s a nice way to start 2024. Thanks y’all for the support. #RecoveryPosse
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3 months
It’s been a year since my divorce was finalized. I don’t know how to feel about it? Anybody else relate?
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6 months
I really do. If you knew me IRL, you would know without a doubt that you are loved.
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5 months
How do you feel?
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3 months
Hi guys! I was gone for a little bit, but now I’m back.
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7 months
That love comes from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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