What I can’t do, my Higher Power can. When I let go and let God, I am free to take risks and to make mistakes. I know that I am powerless over many things. Today I can take comfort in […]
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Trust like a Baby
Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account. ~ Ecclesiastes 3:14 NIV What will be has been before, and our God remembers it. God recalls the future like […]
Continue reading »Who’s In Control?
Controlling is a direct response to our fear, panic, and sense of helplessness. It is a direct response to feeling overwhelmed, and to distrust. ~ Beattie, Melody. The Language of Letting Go: Hazelden Meditation Series (p. 299). We come unable to […]
Continue reading »In the Driver’s Seat
When I am the driver, the responsibility for steering clear of the road’s edge is mine. It is up to me to take my recovery seriously, to work on my attitudes, to take care of my mind, body, and spirit, […]
Continue reading »A Disease of the Spirit
For many others, however, it is clear that what compulsive overeaters and alcoholics have in common is a need to nourish the spiritual side of their nature. ~ The Reverend Rollo M. Boas in Appendix D,Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition (quotations are […]
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