What brings me pleasure? Is it the resentments I cherish, replaying them each morning, keeping them fresh, nurturing the victim identification they give me? What brings me pleasure? Eating to oblivion, stuffing my face to dull my brain, to disguise […]
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It’s Not a Triangle
Relieve me of the bondage of self that I may better… that I may better what? Oh, I know the prayer. That I may better do thy will. But do I mean it when I pray it? This feels important. […]
Continue reading »This I Know
I know I’m a compulsive overeater, that diets don’t work…for me. They work fine as a plan of eating but the diet idea, the willpower, the weigh-in-front-of-people-for-maximum-humiliation, the attagirls, the rewards you can add back in that for me start […]
Continue reading »I Do Believe It
…I had to get into the risky world of the unknown, the spiritual realm, where there are no guarantees. Scary? You’d better believe it. Rewarding? I do believe it. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 2785-2786) I’m the kind who would […]
Continue reading »Maximum Usefulness
Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to others, so never hesitate to go anywhere if you can be helpful. You should not hesitate to visit the most sordid spot on […]
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