Our lives became unmanageable when the car wouldn’t start, the computer broke down, or our checking account wouldn’t balance. We suffered from other people’s unmanaged lives or from bad luck. What alternative did we have? We ate to sate the […]
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Dealing With Depression
When a person with substance abuse enters treatment and begins to live a life of sobriety, losing your routine and attempting to face reality can be a serious source of anxiety – even driving you into depression. ~ Shanthi Mogali, […]
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If you … find yourself going out of control with a substance or behavior, I want you to consider that compulsive behaviors are a sign of a life out of balance. Instead of going into denial or trying to avoid […]
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We have a lovely murder of crows around here.…[They will eat stale bread.]…as long as I keep reminding myself, “I’m not a crow, I’m not a dustbin.” ~ Miranda O What to do with food. Never an issue…before. There were no […]
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In the beginning I felt only that I didn’t fit in; by the end I was a complete outsider. ~ Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition (Kindle Locations 1165-1166). Just wait, it will get better. Or so they say. But does it? Not […]
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