Don't stay too long in the shame-filled grounds of relapse. Fertile soil awaits your return and your recoverying.

Deep down inside, each of us knows what our truths are. It is forgivable to lose them...It is unforgivable not to reclaim them.

A pearl is a beautiful thing produced by an injured life. - Stephan Hoeller

Shame serves to fuel and feed relapse. Further relapse fuels and feeds shame.

Returning to my betrayal environment was not a mistake; it offered me the opportunity to root out internal invaders and to remove their legacy.

We don't have to be perfect in our parenting, just purposeful.

I matter to my children. My children depend on me for their basic needs. My children need my love and nurturance. My attitudes, behaviors, and words influence and impact their lives.

Relapse is about losing who we are and forfeiting our potential for who we are meant to be. Relapse gives us the opportunity to claim lessons from the past and to reclaim ourselves and our truths.