You’ve kept me standing three-score and ten years, from childhood sitting on the floor, forming a W to sitting on a stage struggling to keep you discreetly close. You’ve walked across stages exiting four times with diplomas, many others with […]
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Giving Up
…it is not enough to want to be rid of the unpleasant side effects of my illness. I need to be willing to give up that which attracts me in the first place: the gratification, sedation or whatever other payoff […]
Continue reading »Every Day
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily. ~ Zig Ziglar We eat daily…at least if our disease takes a form other than anorexia. Teeth brushing, hand washing, bathing, changing underwear, taking […]
Continue reading »Do Recovery
The tools of Recovery are acts, not thoughts with one possible exception. For meetings we go to places, or pick up the telephone and dial in or connect to a virtual meeting. Writing is not thinking but typing, keying, pen […]
Continue reading »Don’t Act Like It
…recovery has taught me that even though I may think like a compulsive overeater, I don’t have to act like one. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Location 369). The pralines at checkout at Walgreens, including the “no sugar added” variety […]
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