You say I ignore you, but you’re wrong. The word means “refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally.” There’s also, “set aside, pay no attention to, take no account of.” You seem to believe when you say something […]
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Too Late
I guess it’s too late to live on a farm, although it’s never appealed, I’d never have chosen it. Some things, though, I wish I’d done. And as I sit here at sixty-eight I’m prone to say it’s too late. […]
Continue reading »Harbinger
He did that on purpose. Unrepentant. How dare he? I used to put up with that, but not now, not in recovery, not when I’m trying, working so hard. Shut up, mind. Of course it’s resentment. He did it on […]
Continue reading »What Does Archie Teach Edith?
She learns to do what she agrees promptly encouraged by his disappointment expressed as anger when she slips. She learns to get her worth from inside, independent of his appraisal of her. She learns discretion as to where lines must […]
Continue reading »What I Already Know
It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows. Epictetus They say you can’t be too dumb (though usually more courteously) but you can be too smart to understand the Twelve Steps, to get recovery. […]
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