The Healing Power of Now

Published: June 19, 2020, 8 a.m.

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In this article, we show that living in the Now is not only possible but necessary if family members are to heal from the effects of addiction or alcoholism.

We learn that:

  1. Unfounded fear is characteristic of families who have an untreated addict or alcoholic in their house.
  2. The psychological condition of fear is chronic and is a constant companion that threatens the sanity of the parent or spouse, the \\u201ccaregiver\\u201d.
  3. You can always cope with the present but never with an illusion called the future, which has no reality of its own.
  4. Although you have no power of alcohol or drug addiction, you do have the power to live your life fully in the Now.
  5. Learning to live in the Now frees you from fear and liberates you from the prison of someone else\\u2019 disease. Now you are free to live the joyful life that you deserve.
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