Guilt is one thing in a court of law… either an accurate assessment or a distortion of justice. But what about the mass of us, the “good girls” — or boys — who feel guilty without adjudication or even justification, feelings of culpability especially […]
Continue reading »Category: 7th Step
Shaming Myself
Shaming myself for falling back into old behaviors is an old behavior in itself, and it helps keep me in all my character defects longer. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 2101-2102). Old habits die hard. And the mental habits […]
Continue reading »Not Willing
I prayed for God to keep me from eating my binge foods. I ate food that had fallen into the trash. I ate food that I knew was addictive. Then came the realization: I was not willing. ~ Voices of Recovery […]
Continue reading »The Big Picture for the Insecure
What can be more of a nothing than the lowly five of clubs? In bridge, clubs are the lowest suit and in any context…trying for high or for low, wouldn’t it seem useless? But it’s not! A hundred ninety-two combinations […]
Continue reading »Freedom
Step Seven is freedom from running the show. ~ Heard in a meeting Step Seven. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Freedom from running the show. I can’t control which defects go once I become willing to let them. […]
Continue reading »