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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The Proper Credentials
We don’t need certification, education, or credentials to share our program with fellow compulsive overeaters or to take service positions at our home meetings. ~ The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OvereatersAnonymous (Kindle Locations 1831-1832). We girls were told growing […]
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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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The Wrath of God? Hardly. A human emotion. A deadly sin — anger, rage, hatred —uncontrolled. Seeking vengeance. Endemic, to the seventh generation. Anger promoted to sin when fixed on innocence. Desiring someone else suffer misfortune or harm. Dante’s “Love of […]
Continue reading »Weeding the Garden
Step6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Step 7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Weeding ideas from http://www.finegardening.com/six-tips-effective-weed-control Weeds are nature’s healing remedy for sites that are in a wounded, plantless state, […]
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