The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered. ~ AA World Services Inc. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (pp. 21-22). AA […]
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The Gift of Desperation
I have been blessed with the gift of desperation. I am convinced to my innermost core that I will always be just one bite away from my worst binge ever. ~ Overeaters Anonymous. Taste of Lifeline. Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.. Kindle […]
Continue reading »Living Life
I couldn’t imagine that recovery could hurt more than the torment of compulsive overeating, so I tried it. In the past decade, I’ve experienced major ups and downs—job changes, deaths, relocations, heartache, and joy—in short, life. But regardless of my […]
Continue reading »Like Gasoline for a Car
The First Step serves me as gasoline does an automobile: I draw regularly on the reservoir of acceptance of my powerlessness, but have to stop from time to time to fill up again on the insight that I will never […]
Continue reading »Walking into the Rooms of Recovery
Walking into the Rooms is more than a new beginning. It’s closer to a brand new world. It can even be a new birthday differentiated from the “belly-button” one. Some are more than ready, anxious to admit they’re powerless over […]
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