Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. ~ Steve Jobs It’s […]
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Pleasing Who?
“If you’re doing it to please him, you’re back in your disease.” ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Location 785). My name is Barbara, and I’m a people pleaser. I want you to like me, respect me, admire me, think I’m darned […]
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Finding peace, embracing the promises, learning what life is… The only sadness remaining is seeing all those without the kind of joy discovered. But then again, there’s happiness in carrying the message, in sharing the program, in addressing the sadness […]
Continue reading »My Needs Are My Responsibility
Can’t you see I’m hurting? Why don’t you comfort me? How can you not understand I need to go to this meeting? I know you have all these needs, and I am working of getting to them even though I’ve got […]
Continue reading »Where’s the Focus?
If you focus on the weight you’ll lose the recovery — but if you focus on the recovery, you’ll lose the weight. ~ Cliff We always say we’re “not a weigh-and-pay” group, but how often do we treat OA as a […]
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