Category: T.A.R.P.

Are You Codependent? Here are 11 Key Symptoms to Look For (Video)

Randolph Jason

Are You Codependent? Here are 11 Key Symptoms to Look For Video by Julia Kristina Counselling Here we talk about what codependency is and I break down the 11 key symptoms to look for in ourselves, or in others. Codependency is one of the most common reasons people struggle to have healthy relationships. It often starts while growing up in a household where one or both parents had an addiction, substance abuse, or mental health issue. If you’ve even been too worried to speak up with your own wants, needs…

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5 Steps to Becoming a Recovering Codependent

Randolph Jason

5 Steps to Becoming a Recovering Codependent from Serenity Online Therapy Recovery empowers codependents to take charge of their lives by learning to value their feelings, opinions, and needs. As self-esteem improves, codependents find the courage to challenge mistaken childhood beliefs, which then frees them to learn healthy relationship skills through practice. A common fear among codependents in early recovery is that they will become selfish, which is unfounded, because recovering codependents remain more caring than most. Recovery simply extends the abundant compassion of codependents to themselves, which is exemplified…

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Powerful NA Speaker Sean G – “Experience, Strength, and Hope” (Video)

Randolph Jason

Powerful NA Speaker Sean G – “Experience, Strength, and Hope” Video by AA Speakers and More Short but powerful NA Speaker Sean G. shares his experience, strength and hope at 20 years clean. He begins by discussing the trials he has faced being a single father in recovery, and how that has led to unhealthy relationships with women in the program. He follows that with an explanation of how he applies, (or fails to apply), the spiritual principles of the program, to his battle with obesity, and diabetes. He concludes…

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6 Hard-to-Swallow Truths about Codependency (& Why they’re Crucial to Recovery)

Randolph Jason

6 Hard-to-Swallow Truths about Codependency (& Why they’re Crucial to Recovery) by David Baumrind (139,485) for Elephant Journal GNN Note – Sin comes in a great many forms. Unhealthy relationships are one of the ways the devil keeps us separated from God. If we are obsessing over another human being, that will let us down, we are not focused on God and the Master Healer, Jesus Christ. /END I’m a recovering codependent. Until a few years ago, I never gave codependency much thought. I’d heard the term used but judged…

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AND THE BIBLE: MY LIFE AS A NEW CREATURE IN JESUS CHRIST BEGAN EXACTLY 28 YEARS AGO TODAY

Randolph Jason

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AND THE BIBLE: MY LIFE AS A NEW CREATURE IN JESUS CHRIST BEGAN EXACTLY 28 YEARS AGO TODAY by Geoffrey Grider for Now The End Begins Click here for Part 1 The Bible tells us to come as we are for salvation, that’s absolutely true, but God is His mercy will never leave you as He found you. Part of the evidence of your salvation is a changed life, different desires, because God gives us a new heart. And the struggle we feel is also proof of our salvation.…

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Sexual Addiction Success Story (Video)

Randolph Jason

Sexual Addiction Success Story Video by Dr. Doug Weiss Jim was addicted and broken. When Jim’s wife, Sarah, found out about his sex addiction, she thought their relationship was probably over. She found out about Heart to Heart Counseling Center through a friend and decided to sign up for an intensive to give their marriage one last shot. Jim was able to turn his life around after an intensive counseling session with Dr. Doug Weiss and continues to live addiction free with his wife in Colorado.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AND THE BIBLE: STEP THREE BROUGHT ME FACE TO FACE WITH THE LIVING GOD OF THE UNIVERSE

Randolph Jason

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AND THE BIBLE: STEP THREE BROUGHT ME FACE TO FACE WITH THE LIVING GOD OF THE UNIVERSE by Geoffrey Grider for Now The End Begins Penetrating through the haze was a nagging question that began to form in my mind. My brother was dead, I knew that. But where was he now? Did he, as my dad believed, just cease to exist? Or was he, as my mom believed, in purgatory burning off his sins? Was he somewhere in the Universe awaiting reincarnation? I couldn’t come up with an…

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