In the beginning I felt only that I didn’t fit in; by the end I was a complete outsider. ~ Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition (Kindle Locations 1165-1166). Just wait, it will get better. Or so they say. But does it? Not […]
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Until It’s Not
It’s all about the food until it isn’t about the food and the way to get away from it being about the food is to work the spiritual principles of the program. ~ Margie The spiritual principles of Overeaters Anonymous. […]
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None of the diets gave hope for a lifetime, just hope for the moment. ~ Joan B How can we be without hope when we prove over and over again that every diet works, some more than others, but that […]
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Look at you, once miserable like me, now happy, peaceful, full of serenity. Look at God! He’s not at all like I learned at Mother’s knee, he’s real, he cares, he knows what’s best for me. Look at those I’ve […]
Continue reading »A Life Sentence
Guilty of gluttony, an affidavit of the facts? A court reporter’s fingers would ache with the effort. The verdict? A given. But sentencing? How long? The finder of fact will know previously, all efforts failed at rehabilitation, a tough case, […]
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