Why do I expect to figure out just how I’m to be shown, how to know the next right thing? All I need to do is to show up, ask, be willing to hear, and trust.
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Saved, Sober, Sane and Safe
Still feeling sick to my stomach but going to work anyway. Thankful that I am saved, sober, sane and safe. ~ Carrie McClure Recovered. The founders were “more than one hundred men and women who have recovered…” It’s not that […]
Continue reading »I Shouldn’t Be Here
How did I fall back into this pattern, sitting at the drive-through window where the oriental woman who works it will ask what I want but already knows, “One apple fritter.” And she tells me, “One dollar, twenty-five cents” as […]
Continue reading »My Old Saturday-Morning Movie
Thinking I was such a wretch I’d do nothing but eat, hiding in the car or sneaking food when everyone else slept or while I cleaned the kitchen. I’d about eaten myself into a plus-sized casket. Hating myself, blaming others, […]
Continue reading »Setting Standards
When I look back now, it’s hard to imagine I didn’t see a problem with my drinking. But instead of seeing the truth when all of the “yets” (as in, that hasn’t happened to me—yet) started happening, I just kept […]
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