Resentment is the “number one” offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease; for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. ~ World Service, Alcoholics Anonymous. […]
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Spiritual Poverty
I was not meant to live in spiritual poverty. God’s gifts are mine for the taking, to be kept only by sharing them with others. ~ Overeaters Anonymous. For Today (Kindle Locations 606-607). Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. Poverty: the state of being […]
Continue reading »Stranger in my Mind
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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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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