…there’s a big difference between humility and discounting ourselves. ~Beattie, Melody. The Language of Letting Go: Hazelden Meditation Series (p. 154). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. In OA we learned that low self-esteem was not at all the same as humility. […]
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Knowing What We Are
Through our commitment to anonymity we can put aside what we are and begin to know who we are. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II (Kindle Locations 290-292). Al-Anon Family Groups. Kindle […]
Continue reading »No One Can Make Me Change
No one can make me change. No one can stop me from changing. No one really knows how I must change, not even I. Not until I start. I will remember that it only takes a slight shift in direction […]
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We can take an inventory for a moment. What are we presently doing that makes us ashamed or angry or fearful? ~ Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning The last three Steps are maintenance tools, continued for life…but then again […]
Continue reading »The Things I Cannot Change
The only time that I can ever change somebody else is when I change a diaper. ~ Janice S We are powerless over food and our lives have become unmanageable… but everybody else’s? Surely we’re competent enough if not to […]
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