It is a prison: a body miserable in excess, unable to cross legs, to sit on the floor… then stand without mimicking a camel rolling to his feet. It is a prison: terminal ugliness, gross, grotesque, too lazy/tired/depressed for cleanliness, […]
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Second Life
You have two lives. The second one begins when you realize you only have one. ~ Confucius It surely feels as though when you reach the rooms of Recovery as though you’ve failed miserably, can’t even do what everybody can…just […]
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How does belief become proven? When I offer myself to God to build with me, to do with me/ as he chooses, how do I know he accepts? Moses raised his staff, the sea parted. When the Hebrews couldn’t drink […]
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My life is unmanageable by me. I’m powerless over my obsession. I have to have help, but not just assistance. I’m dependent on my Higher Power not just for guidance, for leading me in the right direction, but for life […]
Continue reading »What Is Sanity?
Now that’s sanity. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Location 456). The definition says ability to think and behave in a normal, rational manner. Edgar Allen Poe said, “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.” Mark Twain proclaimed, “Sanity and […]
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