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## Sherry Gaugler-Stewart

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## [Holiday Tips for Families](https://blog.theretreat.org/holiday-tips-for-families)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Dec 15, 2023 12:39:25 PM / by [Sherry Gaugler-Stewart](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/sherry-gaugler-stewart) posted in [alcohol addiction](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcohol-addiction), [Recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery), [Drug Rehab](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/drug-rehab), [Family Sober Support](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-sober-support), [Alcohol & Health](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcohol-health), [Support Group](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/support-group)

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December often raises many questions for family members who have a loved one active in an addiction – or a loved one early in recovery.  It can be difficult to know how to support our loved one.  Below are a few simple tips.

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## [How to Navigate Addiction During the Holidays](https://blog.theretreat.org/how-to-navigate-addiction-during-the-holidays)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Dec 18, 2019 4:11:12 PM / by [Sherry Gaugler-Stewart](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/sherry-gaugler-stewart) posted in [family recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-recovery), [alcoholism](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholism), [Recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery), [women in recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/women-in-recovery), [Drugs Adiction](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/drugs-adiction)

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Oh, the holidays! When we think of them, so many thoughts and images pop into our heads! Snow! Family! Food! Togetherness! Traditions, old and new! Excitement is in the air, and we start planning how and when our ideal holiday will come together. Unfortunately, for those who have a loved one struggling with alcoholism or addiction, an additional level of stress typically accompanies the holidays: worry that our imagined holiday will turn into our worst-case scenario.

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## [“I’ve got this.” – or so I thought](https://blog.theretreat.org/ive-got-this-or-so-i-thought)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Aug 22, 2019 9:18:16 AM / by [Sherry Gaugler-Stewart](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/sherry-gaugler-stewart) posted in [alcoholism](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholism), [12 step program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-step-program), [Family Sober Support](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-sober-support), [Recovery Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-program), [Alcohol & Health](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcohol-health)

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### “Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.”

### - Step 7 from the Al-Anon Family Groups

### "I am fairly certain that given a cape and a nice tiara, I could save the world."

### - Leigh Standley

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## [Deciding Where to Put my Power](https://blog.theretreat.org/deciding-where-to-put-my-power)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Jun 27, 2019 12:29:53 PM / by [Sherry Gaugler-Stewart](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/sherry-gaugler-stewart) posted in [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholics-anonymous), [alcoholism](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholism), [Recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery), [12 steps of aa](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-steps-of-aa), [Family Sober Support](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-sober-support)

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### “Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character."

- Step 6 from the Al-Anon Family Groups

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## [Talk About It](https://blog.theretreat.org/talk-about-it)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] May 29, 2019 11:50:23 AM / by [Sherry Gaugler-Stewart](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/sherry-gaugler-stewart) posted in [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholics-anonymous), [family recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-recovery), [Drug Rehab](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/drug-rehab), [Family Sober Support](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-sober-support), [Drugs Adiction](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/drugs-adiction)

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### “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.”

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## [The Truth below the Truth](https://blog.theretreat.org/the-truth-below-the-truth)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Apr 24, 2019 3:46:35 PM / by [Sherry Gaugler-Stewart](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/sherry-gaugler-stewart) posted in [family recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-recovery), [alcoholism](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholism), [Family Sober Support](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-sober-support), [help group](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/help-group), [Support Group](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/support-group)

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## [Two Heads are Better than One](https://blog.theretreat.org/two-heads-are-better-than-one)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Mar 29, 2019 6:00:00 AM / by [Sherry Gaugler-Stewart](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/sherry-gaugler-stewart) posted in [family recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-recovery), [12 step program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-step-program), [Family Sober Support](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-sober-support), [Recovery Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-program), [help group](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/help-group)

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### “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.”

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## [Hope Starts with “Maybe”](https://blog.theretreat.org/hope-starts-with-maybe)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Feb 20, 2019 6:00:00 AM / by [Sherry Gaugler-Stewart](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/sherry-gaugler-stewart) posted in [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholics-anonymous), [family recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-recovery), [12 steps of aa](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-steps-of-aa), [Family Sober Support](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-sober-support), [Alcoholism Treatment Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholism-treatment-program)

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### “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

#### -Step 2 from the Al-Anon Family Groups

 

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## [Powerlessness is not Hopelessness](https://blog.theretreat.org/powerlessness-is-not-hopelessness)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Jan 23, 2019 5:48:56 AM / by [Sherry Gaugler-Stewart](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/sherry-gaugler-stewart) posted in [family recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-recovery), [12 steps of aa](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/12-steps-of-aa), [alcohol abuse](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcohol-abuse), [Family Sober Support](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-sober-support), [Recovery Program](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery-program)

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## [Detachment with Respect](https://blog.theretreat.org/detachment-with-respect)

 \[fa icon="calendar'\] Aug 17, 2018 12:06:56 PM / by [Sherry Gaugler-Stewart](https://blog.theretreat.org/author/sherry-gaugler-stewart) posted in [family recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-recovery), [alcoholism](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcoholism), [Recovery](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/recovery), [alcohol abuse](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/alcohol-abuse), [Family Sober Support](https://blog.theretreat.org/topic/family-sober-support)

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Slamming doors. Broken dishes. Arguments that the neighbors could hear clearly. Tears. Unkind words. And, conversely the resonant sound of hostile silence. The disease of alcoholism had wedged itself into the middle of our marriage.

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