Category: Healing

Step 9-Making Direct Amends: My Letter to the Good Guys

Posted by Incurable Hope in Addiction, Amends, Anger, Answers, Belief, Change, Compassion, Competition, Faith, Fear, Feminism, Forgiveness, God, Grace, Gratitude, Grief, Healing, His Promise, Honesty, Inspiration, Love, Men, Mercy, Overcoming, Perspectives, Recovery, Struggles, Success, Twelve Steps, Women

So, when step 9 came around, my sponsor suggested that I write an amends letter to men, which upon my dismay she edited it to be an amends letter to the good men out there. Conveniently enough, I never got around to it. I never made that amends. Well, as those in recovery and anyone…Read more »

Trompe-l’œil: On The Devil’s Deceptive Tool and Deciphering Verisimilitude

Posted by Incurable Hope in Answers, Balance, Belief, Blessings, Change, Church, Evil, Failure, Faith, God, Healing, LGBT Issues, Love, Obstacles, Our World, Perspectives, PTSD, Recovery, Relapse, Struggles, Success, Suicide, Truth

These past couple of weeks have not been the best for me, but today was the pinnacle of that theme.  I won’t go into details, but it was the darkest day I have seen in almost two years.  My recovery almost slipped from my grasp, and I became once again certain that the good is…Read more »

It Really DOES Get Better

Posted by Incurable Hope in Belief, Change, Compassion, Death, Empowerment, Faith, Fear, Good, Gratitude, Grief, Healing, Help, Hope, Inspiration, Joy, Lessons, LGBT Issues, Love, Obstacles, Our World, Overcoming, Perspectives, Positivity, Purpose, Questions, Rape, Recovery, Resources, Struggles, Suicide, Support, Survival, Time, Truth

Take it from someone who has been there, it really does get better. For those of you who don’t know the It Gets Better Project all started in 2010 when Dan Savage, in response to a rising number of suicides linked to bullying, made a youtube video with his partner to inspire hope for young people…Read more »

Step 9: Making Amends

Posted by Incurable Hope in Amends, Change, Compassion, Empowerment, Fear, Forgiveness, Healing, Help, Honesty, Humility, Recovery, Truth, Twelve Steps

I finally reached step 12.  Although, steps 9-12 are an on-going process.  Nine is making amends.  Ten is taking a daily inventory, and admitting when you’re wrong.  Eleven is working toward a conscious contact with God, through prayer and meditation.  Twelve is helping others the way you have been helped. I have worked all twelve…Read more »

Beyond My Power

Posted by Incurable Hope in Answers, Belief, Change, Evil, Faith, Feminism, God, Good, Gratitude, Healing, His Promise, Hope, Love, Our World, Overcoming, Prayer, Purpose, Recovery, Sexual Assault Awareness, Struggles, Survival, The Human Race

As adamant as I am about the issue of sexual violence, I feel that maybe my take on it can come off misleading.  See, because of my own history with sexual violence, it is hard for me to actually be a part of the fight. In 2009, I had a therapist tell me to “stop…Read more »

Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Do You Care?

Posted by Incurable Hope in Anger, Community, Compassion, Cooperation, Current Events, Desperation, Empowerment, Feminism, Film, Healing, Music, Our World, Overcoming, Perspectives, PTSD, Purpose, Rape, Recovery, Sexual Assault Awareness, Struggles, Support, Sympathy, The Human Race, Time, Women

Sexual Assault.  Do you have to go through it to care about it? This question always arises for me every April.  I have a lot of friends who know someone with autism, and thus, support Autism Awareness month, which also happens to be April.  This year, I see that friends who know someone who’ve benefited…Read more »