Martyrs screw things up. ~ Ernie Lawson Constantly suffering, displaying and exaggerating distress… playing the martyr, afflicted by the abuse, the misunderstanding, the lack of appreciation. Poor, poor pitiful me, I think I’ll eat worms. But worms aren’t enough. Surely […]
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Fact or Feeling
Is it a feeling, or is it a fact? ~ Julie Trudeau When I’ve not eaten a minimal amount, when the body requires food, that hunger is. It’s real. When I “deserve” a treat, when my need rises to a […]
Continue reading »Who I Don’t Want to Be
Now willing to listen and take suggestions, I have found that the process of discovering who I really am begins with knowing who I really don’t want to be. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th edition, pages 456-457 I’d guess standing at […]
Continue reading »My Soul Mate
I love you more easily than myself, feel for you, ache for you, as you walk into these rooms. Your pain, fear, desperation confound my heart with memories— no, far too calm a word. Residual angst, assonance, antiphony. You and […]
Continue reading »No Residual Battle
“When the individual accepts, on an unconscious level, the reality of not being able to handle compulsive overeating, there is no residual battle.” ~ Overeaters Anonymous, Second Edition. I surrender. I put down my weapons — fear, rationalization, denial, rebellion. […]
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