A Celebration Of Women Who Love Someone Suffering From Addiction

Love Over Addiction

Michelle Anderson

Society & Culture, Wifeofanalcoholic, Codependency, Relationships, Recovery, Alanon

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Every woman in this community knows what it’s like to love a good person that drinks too much or suffers from addiction. Addiction is the third party in their relationships too, just like it was in mine.

The voice of addiction is ugly. It’s full of lies and deceit. And, it’s loud. It knows how to play you, when to be loud, and when to soften. It’s not fair. You did nothing to deserve this.

If you are struggling today, or have ever struggled with this ugly voice in your head, please listen to these words on the podcast today. Listen over and over again. And let these words be the louder voice in your head next time addiction starts playing its games.

Today, we celebrate you. Your strength, your power, your beauty, and everything you have to offer. You, sister.

Find more show notes, encouragement, and helpful tips here: https://loveoveraddiction.com/celebration-of-women/

We have a free guidesheet to help you start your recovery today: https://loveoveraddiction.com/boundaries129/

And if you’re ready to join the Love Over Addiction community in one of our online programs, you can join us here: https://loveoveraddiction.com/courses/

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to the Love Over Addiction Podcast. I loved the man but not the addiction and I consider them two separate entities.
0:26.9	Separating the one I love from the addiction helped me enter forgiveness long enough to melt my heart.
0:35.0	Addiction was the third party in our marriage.
0:39.0	Addiction made me feel like I shouldn't speak up, like I shouldn't stand up.
0:46.0	Addiction tried to keep me small and told me lies like I can't.
1:00.4	I shouldn't dream of, I don't belong, and the most dangerous lie of all. The wreckage and chaos is my fault.
1:05.0	Addiction tried to make me feel like I was selected or chosen to love someone suffering with this disease because I deserved to be destroyed.
1:16.7	I was undeserving of happiness.
1:20.7	But the time has come to recognize and remove the underlying destructive beliefs that we
1:28.9	unconsciously agree to wear like a frayed winter coat that covers our bodies but never keeps us warm.
1:37.9	We are women who are capable of anything and everything. We are strong, we are kind and we are relentless. We have
1:49.7	the ability to take back our power from this disease. To stand in our new identity with so much
1:58.7	confidence, it electrifies the tips of our toes all the way to the strands of our beautiful hair.
2:08.4	We will not back down from addiction.
2:11.4	We will stand firm, united, and we will fight for our freedom. We will
2:18.4	replace the hate and rejection of addiction with love and compassion and grace for ourselves first,
2:29.0	always for ourselves first.
2:32.4	We will be the strong, steady and sober leaders
2:36.2	marching into a future we are destined for. This is what we were created to do.
2:56.0	This is our destiny. We are roaring into greatness. We are being transformed by a power greater than ourselves to help change the world. Because it is up to us, we control our future.
3:01.0	We are in charge of our own happiness. We no longer rely on someone else to decide how we feel about ourselves, our bodies, and our beliefs. We save the gift right to equal pay. We have the right to vote. We also have the right to use our voices and to ask for what we deserve.
3:37.0	We have the God-given rights of compassion and love. We have the right to use our legs to walk out the door and never go
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Michelle Anderson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Michelle Anderson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.