I needed my cave days. ~ Miranda Life builds to a frenzy sometimes. It pulls from all directions, commitments overpowering, lingering colds, exhaustion, sleepless nights, lethargy. Heavy things call, the need to go deep, to go inside, to be spiritual. You […]
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Sharing the Mess
When people share the mess instead of the message, at meetings or elsewhere, I realize that I am not alone in getting things backward. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 3353-3363). Sharing the mess, talking about what’s wrong, not in the […]
Continue reading »On the Pentacle of Life
I descended into a horrific food rock bottom, which finally convinced me that compulsive overeating is a progressive, dangerous, and slow-killing disease of mind, body, and spirit. My slide was halted only by seeking help from fellow OA members and […]
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When I am overeating, overindulging in a culinary delight, or bingeing, then I am not present to win… I have heard it said that silence is the only way we can hear God speak. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 3292-3302). […]
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Sometimes the greatest beauty is in the darkest storm. ~ A. L. Jackson A beautiful storm?Who lived through a hurricane, a tornado, a hailstorm and carries the impression of a beautiful storm? May, 1970, I woke in Brownfield, Texas. The […]
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