Intentional and disciplined Spiritual Reading, as described here by author and educator Jean P. Kelly, offered her a rest from life's vicissitudes. She says, "When I fell in love and made a family with an unrepentant alcoholic, I was navigating blind, unable to distinguish signposts pointing me toward authentic love and away from a toxic mix of old insecurities, self-serving concepts of self-sacrifice, and false humility.".