Despite their outward appearances they remain psychologically still very much the children of their parents, living by hand-me-down values, motivated primarily by their parents’ approval and disapproval (even when their parents are long dead and buried), never having dared to […]
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Friendship
Our understanding of friendship has changed since being introduced to the Twelve Steps. How we act as friends has changed too. Now we know that friends don’t judge, they don’t try to control, they accept how other people are, and […]
Continue reading »Their Purpose Served
I say thank you and goodbye to each pound I lose because they served their purpose but they are no longer needed. I don’t need to use food to find happiness or for punishment, that was the old me. ~ […]
Continue reading »Pay Back with a Blessing
Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude. Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. […]
Continue reading »A Mother’s Love
Instructions come with all things new, or so it seems. But babies take such time. challenge new mothers so strongly, instructions are laid aside, catching up with sleep seeming the greater priority. Sleep deprivation ends but challenges abound. Mothers make […]
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