We had long talks when I would still her forebodings by telling her that men of genius conceived their best projects when drunk; that the most majestic construction of philosophic thought were so deprived. ~ The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous […]
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True Comfort
Now true comfort for me is waking up with that clean, happy feeling, knowing I was abstinent the day before. True comfort is: Hearing the birds sing Breathing the sweet breath of life Thrilling to the beauty of nature Loving […]
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The trouble was that there was no road between me, the miserable failure, and me, the thin saint. So I retreated to eating and daydreaming. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 60-61). How do you get there? There’s enough male in […]
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…the best time to give up my will, my old ideas, my defects is any time I am ready to grow. ~For Today (Kindle Location 34). Change is in the air as a new year begins, much more than remembering […]
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For Epicurus, the purpose of philosophy was to attain the happy, tranquil life, characterized by ataraxia—peace and freedom from fear—and aponia—the absence of pain—and by living a self-sufficient life surrounded by friends. ~ Wikipedia Resolutions are experiments in absurdity for […]
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