Category Archives: Addiction

Relationship Codependency

The Confusion and Disappointment of Love Addiction Part One of a two part article written by Randi G Fine, originally published 9/27/12 on  Life As A Human Have you ever believed that you could love someone enough to fix whatever is wrong … Continue reading

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Relationship Codependency

From Origin to Recovery Understanding the roots of codependency and how to heal from it Part Two of a two part article written by Randi G Fine, originally published 10/4/12 on  Life As A Human Codependency is an emotional disorder that … Continue reading

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Addictive Personalities

  Excerpted from September 10, 2012 show on A Fine Time for Healing, entitled Addictive Personalities How do you envision someone with an addictive personality? Do you picture an   alcoholic, someone strung out on drugs, a chain smoker, or a … Continue reading

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Mother Fights System, Saves At Risk Children

In my March 17, 2011 article, Synchronicity: Life’s Amazing Signs and Meanings, I discuss the common expression, “There are no coincidences.” “Coincidental” experiences happen to us more frequently than we may realize, but they often go unnoticed for lack of … Continue reading

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Relationship Codependency: Everything You Need to Know

Excerpted from the  April 21,2011 episode of my radio show, A Fine Time for Healing  Roughly 100 million Americans suffer the effects of codependency today. Relationship codependency is often referred to as the “White Knight” syndrome, because the codependent tends … Continue reading

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Fine…ly Chapter Twenty-One: The Backgammon Game

  Excerpted from my memoir, Fine…ly: My Story of Hope, Love, and Destiny    “Relationships don’t just happen. They take work.” I don’t know exactly where I heard that advice but the concept had stuck to my psyche like burs to … Continue reading

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Codependent Tendencies Include Low Self Esteem

Your healing begins once you recognize and acknowledge your codependent tendencies. The list from the website below clearly illuminates the pain and self esteem issues of those tendencies: My good feelings about who I am stem from being liked by you. My good feelings about who I … Continue reading

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We Are Eternal – Our Purpose is Infinite

Have you ever asked yourself, “What am I doing all this for?  Why is life such a struggle? What am I accomplishing?’”  I am fascinated by life after life accounts.  I’ve read a multitude of books written by reputable spiritual mediums and … Continue reading

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Chapter Twenty: California Nightmare

We’d gone downtown to Little Italy one evening to dine at one of our favorite restaurants. We ordered our usual meals; two house salads and two baked rigatonis, well done. Halfway into the meal I got up to use the … Continue reading

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Fine…ly Chapter Twelve: The Tarnished White Knight

      He continued, “I admitted myself into the Sheppard Pratt Hospital drug rehab program a year ago. I’d lost control of my life and desperately needed help. I spent one month as an inpatient detoxing and learning how to … Continue reading

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