At the first meeting you told me, “Welcome home!” You didn’t ask what I weighed must less lead me to scales. You asked if I was a hugger then you did, hugged me even though I stank and you couldn’t […]
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Relapse
I’ll be leaving now but you won’t know it… I don’t even know myself. But you can see the clues if you know where to look. I carried the key but missed so many meetings I was embarrassed and passed […]
Continue reading »Do What You Cannot
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ~ Pablo Picasso “But I’m too weak, I’ll never make it.” Don’t worry; we have all thought and said the same […]
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My disease used to tempt me into thinking being abstinent “made me” feel the pain. Today, I understand that the more uncomfortable my feelings, the greater the freedom I’ll experience by walking through the situation abstinently. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle […]
Continue reading »What Ignoring You Means
You say I ignore you, but you’re wrong. The word means “refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally.” There’s also, “set aside, pay no attention to, take no account of.” You seem to believe when you say something […]
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