“Let’s not louse this thing up. Let’s keep it simple.” ~ Dr. Bob to Bill W. We must breathe to live. What else MUST we do? Nothing. Everything else, all of life, is a choice. Other things are advisable, some […]
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Trying to Be Good
Knowing that I could become the person I pretended to be filled me with peace. I no longer have to try to be “good.” God does it for me. ~ Voices of Recovery, page 175 Doesn’t everyone pretend to be? Maybe […]
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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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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 […]
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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 […]
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