What is a lifeboat? A ship’s boat, designed to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel. For a compulsive overeater, what is the equivalent? What is necessary to stay afloat on rough seas of Recovery? The nine tools are a Plan of Eating, Sponsorship, Meetings, Telephone, Writing, Literature, an […]
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Never!
We never recover from being human. ~ Janice S After a thousand or so miracles happen and we have come to expect more. sometimes it’s necessary to recall that while we’re changed tremendously, we still are human and some things […]
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Remember the awful, the unbearable. For it is precious. The awful days are ours to share with those still stuck in the muck.
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The best you can do for anyone is to thrive fully and be willing to explain to anyone who asks how it is that you are thriving, and what it is that you’ve discovered—and then, just relax and trust that […]
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I came to her an education slob, convinced degrees identified worthy friends. I heard her speak, knew she married young, her husband signing her report cards. I knew she’d been in Recovery decades while I wore unmatched shoes since I […]
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