Home is her sanctum, a private retreat nobody enters, only she ever steps through the door. If someone appeared seeking admittance, she would be mortified if they saw the detritus of sugar binges, of chips, of wrappers of all types. […]
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Handling Abstinence
“God willing, we … may never again have to deal with drinking, but we have to deal with sobriety every day.” ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition (Kindle Locations 6456-6457) God willing, when we get to Overeaters Anonymous, we’re here for […]
Continue reading »A Hibernating Pregnant Bear
Food, give me food! I’ve eaten the berries, the leaves, the twigs, nowI’m gnawing the trunk. Honey! Give honey me! I need sweet!! I found a hive, ate the honey, the honeycomb, the bees, the hive! More honey, Give me […]
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Wake up, get on the scales before breakfast, naked. Eat the breakfast you serve the family. Garb a cappuccino and apple fritter on your way to work, dump trash at recycling center a couple blocks from work. Run in and […]
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Ten years ago I was a member, in a different town, another state. And I was a good member, came to meetings at least once a week, gave service, sponsored, released a hundred fifty pounds dropped from a 5X to […]
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