Author Archives: Sherry Gaba

Are You In Denial?

October 11th, 2016 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Are You In Denial?)

Denial…It ain’t just a river in Egypt!  The degrees of it in our lives vary, but I firmly believe that every single human on Earth has experienced it at some point in our lives.  This is because, for a time, denial serves us.  We deny what we cannot accept or handle, and it protects us …
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Action Plan

October 5th, 2016 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Action Plan)

Today I want to do a little something together.  You’re going to need a pen and paper, because we are going to write our action plans for the day (if you’re reading this at night, go ahead and do tomorrow’s). As a codependent, one of the things I tend to do is procrastinate.  Some things …
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Vision Boards and Vision Statements

September 27th, 2016 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Vision Boards and Vision Statements)

     I think it’s safe to say that most of us have heard someone say, “Visualize what you want and you will get/achieve it,” in our lifetimes.  If we’re lucky, we’ve heard it more than once, and if we are even luckier, we’ve tried one ourselves and found that it can be a great …
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Codependency

September 20th, 2016 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Abuse | Addiction | Addiction & Recovery - (Comments Off on Codependency)

     When I first realized I was a codependent, one of the things that I began to understand was that I lived my life playing the victim.  Everything was always happening TO me, people were always doing harm to me, and I was completely innocent, and the list could go on forever.  I victimized myself, …
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Spot It You Got it

September 10th, 2016 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Addiction & Recovery | Alcohol Addiction | Drug Addiction | Love Addiction | Marijuana Addiction - (Comments Off on Spot It You Got it)

Many of us have heard the phrase, “When you point your finger at someone else, remember you have three fingers pointed back at you.”  It took me a long time to truly get an understanding for this phrase.  It wasn’t until going into recovery for codependence that I finally realized what it meant.  Now, it …
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Black and White Thinking

August 31st, 2016 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Black and White Thinking)

Growing up with an alcoholic parent, we were taught to see things in extremes.  It was either the best possible thing that could ever happen, or the worst possible thing that could ever happen.  Our parents had been taught, and were passing on to us, the lesson that people in the world are good or …
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Expectations

August 26th, 2016 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Addiction | Addiction & Recovery | Addiction Discussions | Alcohol Addiction | Drug Addiction | Girly Thoughts | Health & Wellness | Love Addiction | Relationships | Sex Addiction | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Expectations)

Expectations: we all have them. Maybe we wake up and think it will be a good day. You were on time all morning, and just about to get to work when an obstacle arises, causing you to be late, thus ruining your momentum, perhaps even your day. We have all heard the sayings, “expect the …
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Intimacy

August 24th, 2016 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Addiction | Addiction Discussions | Girly Thoughts | Health & Wellness | Sex Addiction | Uncategorized | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Intimacy)

Hi everyone!  Today i want to cover the topic of intimacy, something vital to each of our lives, and a topic that is a big part of love addiction and codependency. A lot of us have found that in relationships, we have lost ourselves, and a big struggle is trying to rebuild our behavior patterns …
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Letting go of fear of Abandonment

August 18th, 2016 | Posted by Sherry Gaba in Addiction | Addiction Discussions | Alcohol Addiction | Body Image | Health & Wellness | Relationships | Sex Addiction | Uncategorized | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Letting go of fear of Abandonment)

Hi guys.  Today I want to talk a little bit about the topic of letting go of our fears of abandonment.  I think it’s a really important subject when delving into love addiction and co-dependency, and fear of abandonment is one of the main things that prevents people from getting out of unhealthy relationships. The …
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