A plan of eating? Surely not on Christmas! But it’s your birthday! I made it just for you, I know it’s your favorite! But it’s vacation! You’ve got to eat some, if you don’t I’ll feel guilty. Thanks for the […]
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Taking a Meeting
To take a meeting snuck into the language under my radar, but the web implies an origin with “Hollywood types.” I believe perhaps it fits better with Recovery types. A meeting is a necessary tool for recovery, best with other […]
Continue reading »About Yesterday
Karen, strange to see you here at the library. I found the meeting yesterday interesting. I had no idea you’d ever been overweight. All these years we’ve been friends and you were going to those secret meetings. You seem so […]
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 […]
Continue reading »To My Knees
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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