The second month is like Step Two. You look around for help, pass through birthdays of great men, a day of love, wonder how the men were great, what extra they might have had. you wonder how a groundhog could […]
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That’s Sanity
I feel a calmness and a confidence that produce realistic expectations under adversity. Now that’s sanity. ~Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 455-456). The program talks of coming to believe a Power greater than I could restore me to sanity? What?? […]
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I’ve been benefited from a dictionary definition I found that reads: “Rationalization is giving a socially acceptable reason for socially unacceptable behavior, and socially unacceptable behavior is a form of insanity.” ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition (Kindle Locations 6428-6429). Good […]
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“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law. ~ New American Standard Bible – NASB 1995 (Without Translators’ […]
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Lust or lechery, intense longing, often sexual but not stopping, sliding to rape, adultery, incest, pedophilia, the seedier side of life. Lust adversely affects important matters, interrupts business. Disordered love for people.Sometimes seemingly harmless, sometimes wanting power or prestige almost erotically. Lust […]
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