If you don’t want to slip, stay away from slippery places ~ program saying Where are you likely to blow your food plan? All-you-can-eat buffets? Birthday parties? church socials? Grandma’s house? Restaurants serving everyone who comes in chips or fresh-from-the […]
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Be Peaceful
“The first few times we make the choice to “be peaceful rather than right,” it feels like denial. But with practice it will become the preferred choice.” ― Karen Casey, Let Go Now: Embracing Detachment Right is right and when […]
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“I am the black sheep of the family. I came to Alcholics Anonymous and found the rest of the herd.” ~ Source Terminally different or unique. Those who don’t fit in. Unlike, deviating, night and day, poles apart, unique, singular, […]
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A room in the basement, easy access except the elevator hasn’t worked for years. Stairs down to the meeting, up to go forth. How pleasant for people whose obesity, diabetes and other complications make it unaccessible. Colorful non-rectangular frames filled […]
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Leaving a person alone is not necessarily rejection. It can be quiet support, silent understanding. Whoever has suffered can surely feel compassion for another’s pain. In an active sense, there is often nothing to do. Sometimes words are easy and […]
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