As I take the Twelve Steps a group of sober drunks came up with eight decades ago, simple steps, easy to remember but far from easy to live… As I take the Twelve Steps again and again, coming nearer, and […]
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Love of Money
Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness! The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth – except perhaps to watch […]
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I went to an open AA/al anon/family meeting tonight with my husband (he had asked a couple weeks ago and it’s the first Friday I could go). It was really good and I’m very glad I went. I’m pretty emotionally […]
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The disease of compulsive overeating is threefold: physical, emotional, and spiritual. What happens to my body, my emotions, and my spirit when I eat compulsively? ~ Overeaters Anonymous. Twelve Step Workshop and Study Guide (Kindle Locations 571-572). What happens to my […]
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It is sometimes asked which is more important, the Steps or the Fellowship? For me the answer is that the Steps and the Fellowship are like two oars in a rowboat. If I only row with one arm I will […]
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