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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The things I don’t say
I swallow my words when I want to yell them, stuff them down like for so many years I ate comfort food. The problem is, the words and the anger that caused them too often trigger the stuffing food again. […]
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For many others, however, it is clear that what compulsive overeaters and alcoholics have in common is a need to nourish the spiritual side of their nature. ~ The Reverend Rollo M. Boas in Appendix D,Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition (quotations are […]
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Only by being willing to give up the safety of the old can I find out what the new has for me. ~ For Today (Kindle Location 2344). Giving up the safety of the old means giving up living in self-hatred […]
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