A “suggestion of death” means the person is dead. A suggestion of action means action taken. How do you follow the path? By walking the Steps. When? Oh, the timing’s up to you… “a course of vigorous action” “at once” […]
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The Meeting
She’d promised Mom. Why? To shut her up, of course. To quell the scorn in her whine, to feel older than five or six. So she was here. Or was she not here until she got in there? Out of […]
Continue reading »Don’t Fight the Good Fight
Out of this alloy of drink and speculation, I commenced to forge the weapon that one day would turn in its flight like a boomerang and all but cut me to ribbons. ~(Alcoholics Anonymous, page 2) Einstein chose to fight […]
Continue reading »Try Being of Service
…when you stop thinking of yourself and focus on others, it’s easier to stop obsessing over things that only relate to you. Get into service. Addictive eating is an isolating, insular, self-absorbed, mind-numbing phenomenon. Service dispels all of that. ~ […]
Continue reading »The Trouble with Determination
A will, a way; mouse or man, Control yourself! If you really really can… What’s wrong with me? Yes! I want to stop. And I’ve tried. God, how I’ve tried. I asked God to help me stop, to give me the missing […]
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