I am reading Ed Young’s, The 10 Commandments of Marriage. I started it a few months ago. It could have been a short read, but my time management skills are obviously lacking. I have a house full of boys who I love, one of them being a seven-month-old who recently started…
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The Husband Bashing Thing.
If you walked into a room you could actually feel the difference between: Women using their gifts, talents, or experiences, to help empower, teach, or inspire another woman who needs help, direction, or advice when it comes to her husband or their marriage- and a woman who is throwing herself a husband bash-sesh, who is secretly hoping…
Substance For You
Here is a post that I wrote for SubstanceForYou.com This site has tons of resources for people in Recovery. Be sure to check it out. Here’s the link to my post: http://substanceforyou.com/15-things-to-remember-when-having-the-talk/
What If.
When we feel accepted, embraced, and loved, regardless of our imperfections- we feel more secure by default. We feel welcome. When we feel like we aren’t being judged, we tend to feel a little bit more comfortable too. We learn that it’s okay to embrace and love the absolute -ishh out of ourselves. These…
Small Bathroom Facelift -Quick and Easy DIY
Our whole house is going to go through small updates and changes here and there. I thought I’d post our projects for other people who don’t have thousands in disposable income, or for others like us, who don’t have debt and want to keep it that way. We just try to work simple and smart. After…
New Roads Behavioral Health
I was stoked to have the opportunity to be interviewed by New Roads. These chances to recover out loud are priceless. Here is a link to the interview: http://newroadstreatment.com/brittany-shelton-recovery/ If you would like to learn more about New Roads Behavioral Health, click here: http://newroadstreatment.com/treatment-philosophy/
Chipping Away at Bitchdom.
So a few days ago we were at the park. I looked over my shoulder when I heard a family approaching. One mama and five energetic kiddos. The smallest girl, who couldn’t have been older than 7 years old, was dragging an infant around the park. Guessing baby was around 6 months old. I watched…
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Dropping Keys
I shared a little bit about my ‘why’ here on Dropping Keys. This site was a surprise to me. After looking around, I really liked its purpose. It is a wonderful place to share stories of ALL kinds. “Dropping Keys is a community built on the belief that we all have not just the capacity,…
Heroes in Recovery
A Part of my story shared here: http://heroesinrecovery.com/stories/new-life-imagined/ Learn More about Heroes in Recovery: http://heroesinrecovery.com/about/
4 Harsh Truths.
Let’s start with I love you. I am not angry at you. I forgive you, and one day, I hope that you embrace your own Recovery and begin living that life that you were made to live. Moving on.. I am an ethical human and believe that ethics are standards by which ALL people who…
Ease Up.
When I committed to the non-judging of other moms, I meant it. I just think I might have to cut myself a little bit of slack too. Definitely not conceptually new for me personally, but certainly something mommitment has me thinking about more regularly. So I might be a perfectionist when it comes to the…
Relapse Begins In Your Head.
Recovery is a long-process because you are not simply learning how to stay away from drugs. Of course, that’s of utmost importance. It’s a given. It’s a start and a pre-requisite for life change. It has to happen in order for you to move forward or to make any progress in Recovery, but there is…
Adult Child of an Addict. My Top 3 Traits:
I said let’s do this thing, so here we go. Here are the basics. Children who live with people who are addicts or alcoholics typically experience various amounts of some, or all, of these types of dysfunction: violence inconsistencies (in all areas) neglect unclear boundaries/roles physical/sexual/emotional abuse These things change us. As children, we see, feel,…
ACA: Support Groups
So they’re a thing. I had no idea. I found a this website called Adult Children of Alcoholics. It is another 12-step program and operates like every other group meeting-setup, but this one is specifically designed for men and women who grew up in dysfunctional homes. “The ACA program was founded on the belief that…
Peeling Back The Layers. #ACA
This is not about me taking off yet another mask or coming out of hiding. This is all continuing to accept, embrace, and understand the raw and very real core of what makes certain parts of the real me…me. The first 3 or 4 years of my Recovery were definitely an exclusive journey of self- discovery….
3 Things I want you to know:
Three things that I would want to tell you: 1. You matter. Yes, YOU. Even though you feel like you have messed up too many times, or have gone way too far to ever be a person that you like again, you still matter. You are a valuable, respectable, loveable, human being. (Colossians 2:13 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+2%3A13-14&version=NLT…
What Keeps You Sober?
What keeps you sober? Your program? Reading Literature? Meditating on Daily Devotionals? Staying fit or healthy? Reading? Sports? Traveling? Church? Your sponsor or accountability partner? Based off of what I have observed in the awesome people I have met in the Recovery community, it is usually a combination of several key things and there doesn’t…
My Favorite Part of Sobriety,
I was recently asked if I had to choose my favorite part of sobriety, what would it be? I went with my immediate & initial cognitive response. The one that automatically popped into my head. Contentment. That was it. If I were to have thought about it for much longer, I would have debated, went…
My #Mommitment Changed Everything.
I took a pledge. I made a commitment. I am a part of a movement. A mom-movement dedicated to kindness and non-judging of other moms.. known online as #Mommitment. Since discovering the original article on Twitter a few months ago (you can read that here: http://www.nextlifenokids.com/2015/01/tired-of-mom-wars-why-im-making.html) and making my own personal pledge, I have found that nothing…
Just Hoping To Help Another Person.
The husband blog series. I am truly blown away by the amount of positive feedback I have received from this these posts. Originally the idea came when after seeing so many couples struggling and hearing about spouses at their wit’s end who were completely ready to give up on their loved one. I am not…
Don’t Remember That Either, Honey.
I scroll through my Twitter feed and I cannot even tell you how much I love seeing families reunited, mother’s and father’s regaining visitation or custody rights, or parents reconnecting and celebrating with their children after a period of being estranged. It is such a joyful thing to see. That is huge people! Huge! Nothing…
The Perfect Man.
I have been with my husband for nine years and married for six of them. So I am no expert. Although we are closer than ever, weare still learning, growing, and navigating the waters of marriage. Last year I wrote a few posts about how my addiction affected my relationship with my husband and how…
Happy Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day. It seems like no matter who you talk to, everyone is either happily & thankfully celebrating, silently grieving, or a little bit of both. For me, it may be a little bit of both, but mostly I focus on thankfully celebrating the gift of motherhood. Of course on one hand, I grieve for…
Recovery Misconceptions
Many come into Recovery looking for a break. Let’s face it. If we have sought help and are considering a major life change, chances are, we are tired. We can’t kid ourselves, though. There aren’t any Recovery programs out there that I know of that are readily handing out free passes to new miracle lifestyles or…
A Mommy Confession #Mommitment
Mommy confession for today: I made my son oatmeal for breakfast this morning. I purposefully made his oatmeal in an empty sour cream container that had previously been washed and used as a small container/bowl etc. This gave me the option of throwing it away when he was finished eating, instead of washing it. I am…
Love- Hating Yourself.
Recovery means different things to different people, but I would bet that we could all agree that it generally speaking- It means us, learning to live healthy, productive, peaceful, lives. Regardless of which program we choose to follow, partake in, or interact with- Regardless of what our drug of choice is/was- Regardless of how much clean…
Closet Bloggers: 3 Reasons to Click ‘Publish’
In 2011, I began by blogging for therapy. Over time, after I did some growing and healing, I thought that it might be cool if God could use me in any way possible to help just ONE person. Just ONE I told myself. Then.. I would feel like I had done some good. Somehow, sharing…
Stumbling Blocks:
There are things that can hold us back in our Recovery. We can count on these things keeping us from moving forward or making any significant progress. There are certain things that will most definitely stop you dead in your tracks. Without learning how to accept and process these them, you will have a really…
#Mommitment
A few months back I was having a tough week with the judgy stuff; feeling it laid on pretty thick at the time. Ironically, I also had Facebook friends who were posting about feeling it as well. We were simply feeling ostracized for one reason or another. I felt compelled to write a post about…