Comments for Center for Creative Growth http://creativegrowth.com/blog2 Counseling with Heart - Producing Results That Work Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:43:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Toxic Shame - A Root Cause of Conflict and Misery by Cathy Conner http://creativegrowth.com/blog2/?p=5#comment-22 Cathy Conner Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:30:53 +0000 http://creativegrowth.com/blog2/?p=5#comment-22 I keep my John Bradshaw book "The Family" with me because I think he is the only person who understands me. I'm 50 years old and have been in and out of hospitals, group homes, 12 step programs and therapy since I was 14. I'm feeling hopeless living in Rochester, N.Y. My mother was a member of Al-anon and was very psychologically abusive (and used the program to do it) I moved to Rochester from NYC 20 years ago. I have no friends anymore I think it's because Rochester is so "family" oriented. Feeling hopeless. I keep my John Bradshaw book “The Family” with me because I think he is the only person who understands me. I’m 50 years old and have been in and out of hospitals, group homes, 12 step programs and therapy since I was 14. I’m feeling hopeless living in Rochester, N.Y.

My mother was a member of Al-anon and was very psychologically abusive (and used the program to do it) I moved to Rochester from NYC 20 years ago. I have no friends anymore I think it’s because Rochester is so “family” oriented. Feeling hopeless.

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