The “compulsive overeater who still suffers” isn’t always a newcomer to OA ~ Anonymous, Overeaters. The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, First Edition (Kindle Locations 1603-1604). Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. The Fifth Tradition says, “Each group has but one […]
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A Hostile Form of Self-Pity
Envy is nothing more than a hostile form of self-pity. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II (Kindle Locations 2199-2200). Al-Anon Family Groups. Kindle Edition. Envy: feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by […]
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(After Psalm 136) Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. Thanks be to the God of our understanding. Give thanks for leading us to Recovery. Thanks be to the God of our understanding. Give thanks for the bottom, […]
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Overcome not by force, overcome by surrender. The battle is fought, and won, inside ourselves. ~ Beattie, Melody. The Language of Letting Go: Hazelden Meditation Series (p. 169). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. The war is fought and won inside us. We […]
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She knows she knew better, rues her failure to do better, regrets her failure to Keep Coming Back as well as her neglecting to return for so long. She’s known the whole time where to find the answer but EGO, […]
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