I will not allow something to continue to eat at me until I turn around and eat at it. ~ Saxton Bamfrs Christina I know that if food will fix the problem, won’t exacerbate it, will give childhood’s familiar peace, then it’s […]
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Supremely Satisfied
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s a day you’ve had everything to do and you’ve done it. ~ Margaret Thatcher Do what you […]
Continue reading »Not Selfish
Like putting on a your life vest before a child’s. Like taking a plank from your own eye before a splinter in another’s. Like getting a strong foothold before reaching out to help someone, a good grasp before offering to […]
Continue reading »Do What You Cannot
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ~ Pablo Picasso “But I’m too weak, I’ll never make it.” Don’t worry; we have all thought and said the same […]
Continue reading »About that Pain
My disease used to tempt me into thinking being abstinent “made me” feel the pain. Today, I understand that the more uncomfortable my feelings, the greater the freedom I’ll experience by walking through the situation abstinently. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle […]
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