Our past is neither an accident nor a mistake. We have been where we needed to be, with the necessary people. We can embrace our history, with its pain, its imperfections, its mistakes, even its tragedies. It is uniquely ours; […]
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For Myself
For myself: I am powerless over food. No matter how much I wish to control my eating, I cannot. I am a compulsive overeater, no matter what my mind may have to say on the matter. ~ Overeaters Anonymous, For Today […]
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It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. ~ Ursula K. Le Guin When I surrendered my desk of 20+ years, I removed a number of layers of […]
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The most loving form of detachment I have found has been forgiveness. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II Emotional detachment can be a positive behavior which allows a person to react calmly to […]
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I went to an open AA/al anon/family meeting tonight with my husband (he had asked a couple weeks ago and it’s the first Friday I could go). It was really good and I’m very glad I went. I’m pretty emotionally […]
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