The change in our physical bodies is obvious when we pass around the pictures dated before we found the fellowship. Not so clearly seen is the prevalence of smiles on our faces, decrease of worry wrinkles across foreheads, the strained […]
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Fitting In
The universal goal, to fit in, to be normal, to be what we perceive to be normal…and try, try, try to be. But no, it’s not to be for the goal is illusive, there is no “Normal” for all see […]
Continue reading »Escape from the Quicksand of Stinking Thinking
Be calm. Others have been there, worked their way out. You won’t sink far past your midsection. Breathe deep, you’ll float. All that stuff you want to hold on to, your comforts, your respectability, your independence, toss it. It got […]
Continue reading »It’s Up To Me
We have been abandoned and neglected so often that we also abandon ourselves. – Beattie, Codependent No More, page 99 Hanging your hat on someone else for happiness, for fulfillment, for feeling whole, leaves you feeling less, looking for someone […]
Continue reading »I Need You!
I need Thee, O I need Thee; Every hour I need Thee; O bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee. I can’t…I’m powerless over food, my life unmanageable. God can. I came to believe a Power greater than […]
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