I am as close to taking that first compulsive bite today as I was on the day I came into program if I am not living in the present and aware that I am a compulsive overeater. – Voices of […]
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Fear of Love
People with low self-esteem fear love…. They doubt another person’s ability to appreciate them, because they don’t see the worth in themselves. ~ Kylie Scott, Deep Fear of love. I want to shout. “Not me,love is good, nothing to fear!” […]
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I was alone, and I knew it. I was and am an odd duck— intelligent, yet lacking common sense and tact. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 244-245). The odd duck, I always felt like that. I believed several people considered […]
Continue reading »Foolish Ideas
You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Galatians 3:1 (NIV) Yet all reasons for not drinking were easily pushed aside in favor of the foolish idea that he could take whiskey if only he mixed it with milk! (Alcoholics Anonymous […]
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I’ve been benefited from a dictionary definition I found that reads: “Rationalization is giving a socially acceptable reason for socially unacceptable behavior, and socially unacceptable behavior is a form of insanity.” ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition (Kindle Locations 6428-6429). Good […]
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