Loose ten pounds in a week, take off three inches by June, weigh in each week with a loss, shape up for the wedding/vacation/ reunion/party/next big event. We’re a group of sprinters ready and willing…sometimes able… to reach the goal […]
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The Problem with Willpower
…willpower does nothing for my disease. Applying willpower to this compulsion is like applying an antibiotic to a viral infection. It will never have any effect. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 862-864). A leg cramp in the night, drilling through […]
Continue reading »How Long Will It Take?
When you’re done suffering, you will let go. The question is how long will it take? Grow through awareness. ~ Kute Blackson The Big Book says when talking to an addict to leave him alone if he shows no interest. You […]
Continue reading »Words with One Sound
In the beloved 23rd Psalm there are 119 words; 95 are words of one syllable. In the Sermon on the Mount more than 80 per cent are words of one syllable. In the Ten Commandments, on which are based all […]
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