One person comes. One person comes. One person comes. One person comes. One person comes powerless, with an unmanageable life. One person comes, sick to death with this illness we’ve fought for years, filled with shame, with rage, with despair. […]
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This Time…
One day I walked into a cafe to telephone. In no time I was beating on the bar asking myself how it happened. As the whisky rose to my head I told myself I would manage better next time, but […]
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The disease of compulsive overeating is threefold: physical, emotional, and spiritual. What happens to my body, my emotions, and my spirit when I eat compulsively? ~ Overeaters Anonymous. Twelve Step Workshop and Study Guide (Kindle Locations 571-572). What happens to my […]
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Today in meditation, it came to me that what I need and want in a Higher Power is a being who loves me, takes care of me, and gives me affection. I pictured myself as a trusting dog, taken care […]
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Restless, irritable, and discontent AKA uneasy, annoyed, never satisfied ~ Jennifer R. R. The Doctor’s Opinion in the Big Book gave us a now-familiar phrase, “To them, their alcoholic life seems the only normal one. They are restless, irritable and […]
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