…that’s what your moments are about. They’re not about justifying your existence. It’s justified. You exist. It’s not about proving your worthiness. It’s done. You’re worthy. It’s not about achieving success. You never get it done. ~ Abraham Acceptance of […]
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Silent Witness
My coworker didn’t talk to me about OA. I just watched her life ~ Joan B Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening a s the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to compulsive overeaters and to […]
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Without a healthy inner life, one is exiled to trying to find fulfillment on the outside. This is co-dependence, and it is a symptom of a wounded inner child. ~ John Bradshaw. Homecoming: Reclaiming and Healing Your Inner Child What should […]
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A friend of mine from half a continent away stood at my kitchen window looking at the bird feeder I’d put up in her honor and named birds there, in my yard, I’d never heard of. I told her once […]
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I used to wear my disease; now I’m willing to wear my recovery. ~ Karen C., in Lifeline Denial works only so far. Finding people heavier than you may help your ego but not your body, not your mind, not […]
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