Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends— this is an experience you must not […]
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Slippery Places
If you don’t want to slip, stay away from slippery places ~ program saying Where are you likely to blow your food plan? All-you-can-eat buffets? Birthday parties? church socials? Grandma’s house? Restaurants serving everyone who comes in chips or fresh-from-the […]
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You cannot bolt it, bind it, hook it, hitch it, glue it shut. You cannot anchor it to the ocean floor, attach it to a rocket, blasting it away. You cannot pin it, latch it, lose it, bury it. You […]
Continue reading »The Meaning of Abstinence
“The simple ability to eat and sleep normally and wake up glad you are alive, glad you abstained yesterday, and glad you have the privilege of abstaining today.” ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 2336-2337). The diet mentality lingers long, making […]
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The story of our lives the grandeur, the despair, the highs as lows for our friends and occasionally foes, Facebook holds them all. Sharing with family as close as can be, with acquaintances, with folks who know someone who knows […]
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