Knowing that I could become the person I pretended to be filled me with peace. I no longer have to try to be “good.” God does it for me. ~ Voices of Recovery, page 175 Doesn’t everyone pretend to be? Maybe […]
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Our Warped Minds
It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession for destructive drinking that only an act of Providence can remove it from us…But upon entering A.A. we soon take quite […]
Continue reading »A Compulsive Eater Powerless to Stop
I’ve eaten all my life, hungry or not. Food is more than nourishment of body but a comfort when afraid, a solace for insults suffered, a way to rejoice, a remedy to placate guilt when I act without thinking through […]
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Selfishness — self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without […]
Continue reading »Escape from the Quicksand of Stinking Thinking
Be calm. Others have been there, worked their way out. You won’t sink far past your midsection. Breathe deep, you’ll float. All that stuff you want to hold on to, your comforts, your respectability, your independence, toss it. It got […]
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