What was the big deal, going to a meeting? She knew what they did there though not from having tried it. Heck, she’d even read the “Standard Meeting Format” and knew how robotic, how rote memory, how repetitious it was. […]
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Deep Waves
It’s the deep waves of life that teach us to be better swimmers.” ~ Karen Casey In over my head. Swimming against the current. Why should I fight the fight? I’m old, tired, impaired, at least temporarily, but my body […]
Continue reading »Stuck in the Mud
When life pulls you down, obscures your path, bogs your footfalls, adds ruts to potholes, captures you in its tendrils… it’s easy to declare yourself powerless over your nemesis, that managing your life is a pipe dream, that any power […]
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DANGER! FATIGUED PERSON who learned long ago food fixes everything. DANGER! Candles lit at both ends, too many irons in the fire, a crisis every way you turn. DANGER! We who need vigilance, we who can bypass our heads when […]
Continue reading »Our Fellows
That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. ~ The Big Book and A Study Guide of the 12 Steps (Kindle Locations 1505-1506). MacKay, […]
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