Resentment is the “number one” offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease; for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. ~ World Service, Alcoholics Anonymous. […]
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Confidence Needed Here
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. ~ Ecclesiastes 7:7 (King James Version) Mad as Hell. Not going to take it any more. Cruel, unjust treatment, oppression. You don’t have to treat me like […]
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I read a quote from Neil Diamond: “I’ve forgiven myself for not being Beethoven.” And I realized my issue was I haven’t forgiven myself for not being Beethoven. ~ Billy Joel Guilt. Inadequacy. Incompetent. Inept. Failure to lie up to […]
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You need to be building roads, not blowing up bridges. ~ Dr. Phil We come to the Fourth Step positive others have wrecked our lives, that we are innocent victims. that we have no part in the chaos. We finish […]
Continue reading »Whom Do You Resent?
In time, I came to believe that my alcoholic loved one might be the messenger my Higher Power used to let me know that I needed to get help. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in […]
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