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Posted in life on Aug 13th, 2003
In order to take care of myself with my parents I have always been selective in what information I shared with them, and how I shared that information. Whether I tell myself that I am taking care of me, or taking care of them really isn’t the point. The point is that I have fallen [...]
Posted in life on Aug 11th, 2003
Several years ago, just after we were married, Michele and I tackled our revolving debt by using Consumer Credit Counseling Service. It was emotionally painful to realize that our debt was controlling us rather than us controlling our debt. In less than 3 years we had completely eliminated all of our credit card debt. To [...]
Posted in life on Apr 12th, 2003
I feel as if I have taken the poison of my addiction and tainted my wonderful wife’s life. Before me she didn’t have enormous financial problems and I seem to create bigger and more dangerous ones all the time. Because she is married to me she is tarred with the same brush as me. How [...]
Posted in life on Apr 7th, 2003
I have an addiction, one that is damaging and hurtful to me and those who love me. It is hard to write about, hard even to think about, but unless I can bring it into the light, repeatedly, it will continue to rule my life.
I avoid responsibility in situations where there are penalties and punishments. [...]
Posted in life on Jan 8th, 2003
I think the biggest issue I have going right now is battling to overcome the false-personality stuff that I got from my childhood, especially from my father. There is a part of me that shrieks at the idea of doing what I want to do rather than having a traditional job.
Even as I try to [...]
Posted in life on Jul 16th, 2002
I know that I tend to run back to old, destructive, behaviors when I feel threatened. An important recent discover of mine is realizing that I have contributed to leaving past jobs by shooting myself in the foot so I had to leave. I think, and this is only a guess, that I like it [...]
