Those of us who live this program don’t simply carry the message; we are the message. Each day that we live well, we are well… ~ Overeaters Anonymous. The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, Second Edition (pp. […]
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True Ambition
True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God. ~ AA World Services Inc. As Bill Sees It. A.A. World Services, Inc.. Kindle […]
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I don’t want to project. But man it’s so hard. Regrets don’t get us far. Changing who you are does… Wow. This is like a shitty 4th and 5th step. ~ M.G. Hindsight is convincing. The paradox is that the […]
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Recovery is about expansion. The Twelve Step path is an ever-widening spiral. At first we circle tightly around our addiction, then, as we begin our recovery, our lives begin to expand. The object of addiction no longer binds us so […]
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Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but a person is tested by being praised. ~ Proverbs 27:21 NLT Why would being praised test a person? It’s a common problem with Recovery people… or was, before the “recovering.” We believed in […]
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