Many of us come to OA carrying the excess baggage of shame and pride. We are ashamed that we’ve been unable to control our eating by ourselves, and yet we’re too proud to admit that we need help with our […]
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Doomscrolling
Doomscrolling or Doomsurfing is the act of spending an excessive amount of screen time devoted to the absorption of negative news. Increased consumption of predominantly negative news may result in harmful psychophysiological responses in some. ~ en.wikipedia.org Is doomscrolling not […]
Continue reading »Poverty or Service
“Being poor is not having too little, it is wanting more.” ~ Seneca How often do you want something, just think that would be nice and turn away thinking, “I don’t want to get my hopes up.” How often do […]
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Monday, Monday So good for me, a week begun grounded in Recovery. After breakfast I call my sponsor, soak up wisdom, her words, her guidance. Then shortly after six of us gather in three countries, two states, three time zones. […]
Continue reading »The Stack of Books
I roomed with Robin four years (a week each year), saw the stack of books daily while at Conference. Robin brought them from Gloucestershire, U.K. to New York by plane then to Albuquerque and back by train to hold down expenses, […]
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