When I look back on all these worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened. ~ Winston Churchill […]
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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 […]
Continue reading »The Epitome of OA
If Overeaters Anonymous were defined in the dictionary, the picture would be of Vesta. The first to arrive for each meeting, we order tokens for her each year because nobody else has abstinence as long as hers. She’s held office […]
Continue reading »Why Love?
Infantile love follows the principle: I love because I am loved. Mature love follows the principle: I am loved because I love. ~ Erich Fromm Once we believed it was all about us, either that we needed to run the […]
Continue reading »What Do Sponsors Do?
What do you do if I ask you to sponsor me? —-Do you know what a sherpa is? I guess, kind of. —-Well, I’d be a little like a sherpa. You mean a Himalayan who lives on the borders of […]
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