Melody Beattie

The hotel would put me through and it would just ring into that. And I know, you know, when you're a good codependent, you know, you don't really need confirmation, do you? But ultimately he did pick up the phone and I heard, you know, literally almost a glug, glug, glug. As you know, he poured liquid into either into his throat, into something. And I went, oh man, here we go again.

The hotel would put me through and it would just ring into that. And I know, you know, when you're a good codependent, you know, you don't really need confirmation, do you? But ultimately he did pick up the phone and I heard, you know, literally almost a glug, glug, glug. As you know, he poured liquid into either into his throat, into something. And I went, oh man, here we go again.

But what changed in me, first, it was a spiritual awakening I had when I realized I was as out of control with obsessing about him as I used to be about getting drugs. I had all these people coming over for this party and all I could think about was the other person, what someone else was or wasn't doing. And for the first time since I married him, I saw myself.

But what changed in me, first, it was a spiritual awakening I had when I realized I was as out of control with obsessing about him as I used to be about getting drugs. I had all these people coming over for this party and all I could think about was the other person, what someone else was or wasn't doing. And for the first time since I married him, I saw myself.

But what changed in me, first, it was a spiritual awakening I had when I realized I was as out of control with obsessing about him as I used to be about getting drugs. I had all these people coming over for this party and all I could think about was the other person, what someone else was or wasn't doing. And for the first time since I married him, I saw myself.

I thought, you know, he's out of control. But so am I. And that was the first part of my second spiritual awakening. The second part was I realized that I was real. God was real. I was real. I wasn't just an appendage to another human being. I was pretty much, I don't know about fully functioning, but getting there, a human.

I thought, you know, he's out of control. But so am I. And that was the first part of my second spiritual awakening. The second part was I realized that I was real. God was real. I was real. I wasn't just an appendage to another human being. I was pretty much, I don't know about fully functioning, but getting there, a human.

I thought, you know, he's out of control. But so am I. And that was the first part of my second spiritual awakening. The second part was I realized that I was real. God was real. I was real. I wasn't just an appendage to another human being. I was pretty much, I don't know about fully functioning, but getting there, a human.

And that was revolutionary to me because first I had been my mom's pet, you know, and then I just turned into an object of reaction to David. And so it was the beginning of me. Well, it's the journey we're all on our entire lives. The journey of continually, every day, rediscovering ourselves, who we are, how we feel, what we want, what we don't like.

And that was revolutionary to me because first I had been my mom's pet, you know, and then I just turned into an object of reaction to David. And so it was the beginning of me. Well, it's the journey we're all on our entire lives. The journey of continually, every day, rediscovering ourselves, who we are, how we feel, what we want, what we don't like.

And that was revolutionary to me because first I had been my mom's pet, you know, and then I just turned into an object of reaction to David. And so it was the beginning of me. Well, it's the journey we're all on our entire lives. The journey of continually, every day, rediscovering ourselves, who we are, how we feel, what we want, what we don't like.

what we have to offer in the world, taking our seat at the table, all the different, there's so many different phases in life we each go through. And to learn to love ourselves and not turn on ourselves when we go through these phases or when we don't do them perfectly, that's the kind of self-love that we're now moving into it being an absolute necessity to have for ourselves.

what we have to offer in the world, taking our seat at the table, all the different, there's so many different phases in life we each go through. And to learn to love ourselves and not turn on ourselves when we go through these phases or when we don't do them perfectly, that's the kind of self-love that we're now moving into it being an absolute necessity to have for ourselves.

what we have to offer in the world, taking our seat at the table, all the different, there's so many different phases in life we each go through. And to learn to love ourselves and not turn on ourselves when we go through these phases or when we don't do them perfectly, that's the kind of self-love that we're now moving into it being an absolute necessity to have for ourselves.

They're still calling and helping, huh?

They're still calling and helping, huh?

They're still calling and helping, huh?

Yeah, they're making the Dracula sign instinct. Please don't bring your help.

Yeah, they're making the Dracula sign instinct. Please don't bring your help.

Yeah, they're making the Dracula sign instinct. Please don't bring your help.