Online Recovery Support

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity

ORS encourages you to invite family members to join. We welcome Alanon and all other support organizations.

Members

  • Inner Journey Healing Arts
  • Whitni Grover Reed
  • Gene
  • Lindsey
  • Ryan Houseman
  • Glenn James
  • SHAUN SMITH
  • Jenine C. Napoli
  • jo elle
  • Hella Nice Guy
  • Amy Domestico
  • susie seckler
  • Sarah Anne Heege
  • Hopes2Heal
  • Donna Stansfield
  • Stewart Talbot
  • Rob B
  • Linda Schiller-Hanna
  • Melissa Alfaro
  • RonStarR

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Welcome to Online Recovery Support

The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not "the thinker." The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher level of consciousness becomes activated. You then begin to realize that there is a vast realm of intelligence beyond thought, that thought is only a tiny aspect of that intelligence. You also realize that all the thing that truly matter - beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace - arise from beyond the mind. You begin to awaken. Eckhart Tolle

Blog Posts

Whitni Grover Reed

Be Encouraged

I didn't come to be "preachy" in fact if I wrote anything going off of the way I am feeling at this very moment, I'd be on my way to pity party central! Yet because I don't "feel" joyful or happy or even good about my circumstances lately, I feel the need to do something uncharacteristic of most of us (by us I mean me! :) ). I'm gonna praise my way out of these blues. Someone said to count your blessings one by one....I have so many it would take several blogs to start just at the beginning of t… Continue

Posted by Whitni Grover Reed on November 22, 2009 at 11:44am

Whitni Grover Reed

Be Encouraged

I didn't come to be "preachy" in fact if I wrote anything going off of the way I am feeling at this very moment, I'd be on my way to pity party central! Yet because I don't "feel" joyful or happy or even good about my circumstances lately, I feel the need to do something uncharacteristic of most of us (by us I mean me! :) ). I'm gonna praise my way out of these blues. Someone said to count your blessings one by one....I have so many it would take several blogs to start just at the beginning of t… Continue

Posted by Whitni Grover Reed on November 22, 2009 at 11:44am

Whitni Grover Reed

And the journey continues....

I am not that naive to belive that there aren't challenges faced on a daily basis by many. Yet you have those moments when you think you are the only one in a struggle. I find myself at that cross road. I went into a situation with pure intentions, gave up and sacrificed somethings for the sake of another, and now find myself on the outs of what turns out to have been a no win scenerio. Saying it hurts is putting it mildly. My family is disillusioned, my spouse questions himself. I wish I could… Continue

Posted by Whitni Grover Reed on November 13, 2009 at 9:07pm

Whitni Grover Reed

Becoming my own best friend

One of the hardest things I have found out about myself is that I am my own worst critic and the road to self love isn't always a smooth one. I find myself wanting to be the bigger man or take the high road when the stresses of my life hit me like a ton of bricks, but ultimately, being honest with myself about where I am at this very moment is the best form of love I can give to myself. I feel like heck. I am manic depressive and for lack of insurance unable to continue on my meds. I've turned t… Continue

Posted by Whitni Grover Reed on November 11, 2009 at 5:55pm — 2 Comments

Randy G.

7. Acting and Reacting

We live in a world of conflict. We perceive it as coming from other people, but much of our conflict originates in our own minds. It may seem that others are against us, but it's usually coming from within ourselves.
We have already determined that our thoughts come first and then our actions follow, but if we can get a pattern of actions going, they can sometimes influence our thoughts.
One of the very first things our program teaches us is not to react to everything. That's about choosing not… Continue

Posted by Randy G. on October 25, 2009 at 10:18pm — 2 Comments

Glenn James

Poem: A Boy Longs To Play

A Boy Longs To Play

Hidden inside, a little boy longs to play;
surrounded by things that were lost and
can never be replaced. Happiness stolen, it wasn’t
supposed to be this way.

Trapped by the insanity, and the scars of yesterday;
no one on earth could possibly know his pain.
Life so full of hurt, why did he even stay;
the belt so tight and the air cut off, but fear
stood in his way.

With no one to turn too, and his joy taken away,
how would he break free, how could he join any game.… Continue

Posted by Glenn James on October 17, 2009 at 10:14pm

Glenn James

Fourteen Phases of Healing

My journey towards becoming a strong and healthy survivor lasted for a little over a year. It was something I worked on everyday and for the majority of all my waking hours throughout that year, give or take a few each day for the normal eating, bathing type stuff. I had just left a job as a CFO over two companies, and was now writing my first book full time.

It is hard sometimes to see the path that God has before us, and sometimes we have to keep moving forward on faith alone. I knew that God… Continue

Posted by Glenn James on October 17, 2009 at 4:30am

Glenn James

Tonight I Speak

I am The Survivor



Tonight I will stand before a crowd of people and announce that I am a Survivor. It is a fact that I want the whole world to hear.
Wearing my signature bandanna, red white and blue, I will appear too many as a rough and scary looking man. As I sit before the audience, waiting for the speaking to begin, opinions will start to form as to who I am. Some will see a druggie, a fighter, or a loser from the streets. Others will think I am edgy, shady, or perhaps even a thief. Few i… Continue

Posted by Glenn James on October 15, 2009 at 7:00am

Glenn James

Are you ready for a Change in your life?

The great Martin Luther King, once said "I have a dream".
Sometimes it is the knowledge, which moves people to try to make this world a better place.
We, who have suffered the atrocities of this world, sometimes feel we have no hope, no voice, no right to complain. We feel the world is the way it is, and since we have seen nothing better since our youngest age, we are groomed for acceptance. Although we may know nothing beyond our own pain and suffering, it does not change the reality that there… Continue

Posted by Glenn James on October 13, 2009 at 2:21pm

Glenn James

Please allow me to introduce myself

Hi, I am Glenn James, and I was the victim of CSA, Physical Abuse, and emotional Abuse that lasted for almost a decade. Today I am a Strong and Healthy Survivor. I turned to the streets at age 14, and did not begin to change that lifestyle until my early twenties. I went to college and later worked in the Accounting and Finance world four 14 years. I was a CFO at the time I began to work on my emotional aspects of being a victim. My life was forever changed in a positive way when I wrote the boo… Continue

Posted by Glenn James on October 8, 2009 at 10:31am — 2 Comments

Forum

Glenn James

What is Missing? - Answer: Guidelines

Started by Glenn James Oct 23.

srfranci

Self Forgiveness 6 Replies

Started by srfranci. Last reply by SHAUN SMITH Oct 10.

Bruce M.

When I tell you I'm an addict... 5 Replies

Started by Bruce M.. Last reply by Jackie Greenfield Oct 7.

srfranci

A look at Shakespeare's Quote

Started by srfranci Aug 18.

srfranci

Quote of the day

Started by srfranci Aug 10.

Amy Domestico

Mommy Doesn't Drink Here Anymore

Started by Amy Domestico Aug 5.

susie seckler

Suboxone

Started by susie seckler Aug 4.

Donna Stansfield

New 2 Replies

Started by Donna Stansfield. Last reply by Donna Stansfield Jul 17.

Stewart Talbot

Any tips or advice

Started by Stewart Talbot Jul 13.

Linda Schiller-Hanna

Childhood wounding

Started by Linda Schiller-Hanna Jul 6.

Latest Activity

SHAUN SMITH wishing everyone a merry christmas and happy new year!(hugz)
December 7
November 26
Whitni Grover Reed added 2 blog posts
November 22
December 12, 2009 from 3pm to 6pm
We are co-sponsoring Saturday Health Clinic Acutonics Chair and table massage. Acupuncture Family Nurse Practitioner talking about Western meds, botox, juvederm lipodisovle, etc....how we all work together combing East and West Medicine. Lower ba…
November 21
November 21
SHAUN SMITH updated their profile photo
November 21
November 21
SHAUN SMITH NO MRSA,NO BONE INFECTION,WHICH MEANS THAT GOD ISNT GOOD,HE IS GREAT!! EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING(HUGZ)
November 21
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November 19
December 12, 2009 from 3pm to 6pm
We are co-sponsoring Saturday Health Clinic Acutonics Chair and table massage. Acupuncture Family Nurse Practitioner talking about Western meds, botox, juvederm lipodisovle, etc....how we all work together combing East and West Medicine. Lower ba…
November 19
Inner Journey Healing Arts is now a member of Online Recovery Support
November 19
Bruce M. gave a gift to Jenine C. Napoli
November 19
Whitni Grover Reed and Bruce M. are now friends
November 15
Gene and Randy G. are now friends
November 14
I'm so glad I took time to read your post, it has brightened my evening and reminded me of that key component in the first of the 12 steps...sometimes we are powerless to change any given event and must seek a higher power, be it spiritually, your m…
November 13
Whitni Grover Reed added a blog post
I am not that naive to belive that there aren't challenges faced on a daily basis by many. Yet you have those moments when you think you are the only one in a struggle. I find myself at that cross road. I went into a situation with pure intentions,…
November 13
Lindsey updated their profile
November 12
Ooops.. I mean Whitni
November 11
Dear Whitney, Welcome and glad you reached out. There is strength in a group. I've used holistic stuff for mental issues as well....not diagnosing here..just curious if you've tried these: 5HTP (available at Walmart...read up on it first on the inte…
November 11
Whitni Grover Reed added a blog post
One of the hardest things I have found out about myself is that I am my own worst critic and the road to self love isn't always a smooth one. I find myself wanting to be the bigger man or take the high road when the stresses of my life hit me like a…
November 11

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