While it’s true that recovery takes time, attention, and energy, it takes no more than my addiction did. ~ Anonymous. Today I Will Do One Thing: Daily Readings For Awareness and Hope (Hazelden Medit) (Kindle Location 246). I’m a compulsive […]
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Why Do I Break my Abstinence?
Let me count the ways… I remember the taste and the feeling like I deserve it, like a pat on the back. I have extra time before interacting with others and want to put off social ineptness as long as […]
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What happens to a food plan on a 20-hour flight, when you visit destinations are known for foods you shouldn’t eat, or you are a guest of cooks who set their menu without consultation? Can you visit a cacao farm […]
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Years and years of eating for comfort, in rebellion, as a reward, for no reason other than the trigger tripped so eating goes on, inertia-driven. Then a simple plan, people who know you on first introduction, your doppelgängers. Eating gains sanity, […]
Continue reading »Hooray for Abstinence!
Years and years of eating for comfort, in rebellion, as a reward, for no reason other than the trigger tripped so eating goes on, inertia-driven. Then a simple plan, people who know you on first introduction, your doppelgängers. Eating gains sanity, […]
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