Truth! The worst place for me to be is stuck inside my head. ~ Christina S Stuck inside my head. Been there, done that, too many times, too many hours, too many years… I don’t want to do it anymore. […]
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Common Welfare
Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon OA unity. ~ First Tradition, Overeaters Anonymous Our common welfare. Common: belonging to or shared by two –or more — people or groups. All of ours, an entity shared, not that […]
Continue reading »I Don’t Remember
They said I would lie for hours in a bassinet with a Raggedy Ann propped in the corner, babbling to her on and on, engrossed in the conversation, content with the company. They said…but they’re gone now. They told the […]
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After a retreat filled with recovery, with love, with concern, with one mind… After the speakers, the sharing, the meditation, the close friends just met… After high resolve, surrender, understanding, finally understanding the whole 12 Steps… After standing on the […]
Continue reading »Bridging the Chasm
Alone. Standing on the precipice filled with fear and trepidation paralyzed by the knowledge of what lies behind, the abyss, the addiction, the self-loathing, the utter defeat and humiliation but seeing no way out after years filled with trying, failing, […]
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