by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 20, 2022 | family, recovery
Many times I have counseled a person with a dysfunctional family member or close friend that she is not likely to be the one God will use to address this family member’s issues, no matter how much she loves the individual, can see the issues, and wants to help....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 15, 2022 | recovery, relapse
I have been advocating for addressing nicotine concurrently with other chemical addictions since I began in addiction recovery counseling in 2008. When I was able to start a program myself, smoke-free recovery was one of the criteria I insisted on. It was NOT a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 9, 2022 | change, recovery
When someone has attempted to control a person all of her life by berating her and calling her “stubborn” because she won’t do what they want, how does she decide to give that over to God and what does God desire to put in its place? That was the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 7, 2022 | recovery, Twelve Steps
Matthew 12: 43 “Now when the unclean spirit comes out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came’; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept clean, and put in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 17, 2022 | recovery, storms, Uncategorized
April 17, 2019 Bill has had a worker here to do some projects. They’ve installed our 3 outdoor post lamps in the backyard, repaired a blown out porch screen section, installed a chandelier and more. I don’t know if it’s gratitude that life is easing back into “normal”...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 1, 2022 | addiction, recovery, responsibility
From a devotional today on 1 Peter 4:7….. This is wisdom I have come to know through personal experience, through family history, and through years of watching people try to live under the burden of chemical dependency, and seeing many compromise or lose...
