I’m not in charge. Normally in my life, that’s a way of saying I’m only marginally involved, watching from that periphery. But it’s different in the context of recovery, and EVERYTHING is in the context of recovery if I am […]
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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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I pray for willingness to get on with the twelve steps of recovery. That is the only way I know to replace my fears and insecurities with confidence and courage. When I am willing, there is no void and all […]
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As you draw nearer to life’s end you begin to consider the course that life has taken. What is different because you have lived? So, what? Can you change the pattern of your life? Only in one way, and that […]
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ~ Maya Angelo We need not settle. Our well-developed diet mentality says we’re deprived […]
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