I admitted I was powerless over food, that my life had become uninhabitable. Sure, there are folks who speak of lives unmanageable, but my life was always that! It took more to push me to the admission. I had a […]
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Shaming Myself
Shaming myself for falling back into old behaviors is an old behavior in itself, and it helps keep me in all my character defects longer. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 2101-2102). Old habits die hard. And the mental habits […]
Continue reading »What I Am
I am a sugar addict and compulsive overeater, recovering. I say “recovering” with compulsive overeater but not with sugar addict. Why? Because like an alcoholic who takes that first drink I fall back into the pit with a dab of […]
Continue reading »This I Know
I know I’m a compulsive overeater, that diets don’t work…for me. They work fine as a plan of eating but the diet idea, the willpower, the weigh-in-front-of-people-for-maximum-humiliation, the attagirls, the rewards you can add back in that for me start […]
Continue reading »I Do Believe It
…I had to get into the risky world of the unknown, the spiritual realm, where there are no guarantees. Scary? You’d better believe it. Rewarding? I do believe it. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 2785-2786) I’m the kind who would […]
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