What do you do if I ask you to sponsor me? —-Do you know what a sherpa is? I guess, kind of. —-Well, I’d be a little like a sherpa. You mean a Himalayan who lives on the borders of […]
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Vacation Abstinence
What happens to a food plan on a 20-hour flight, when you visit destinations are known for foods you shouldn’t eat, or you are a guest of cooks who set their menu without consultation? Can you visit a cacao farm […]
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Monday, Monday So good for me, a week begun grounded in Recovery. After breakfast I call my sponsor, soak up wisdom, her words, her guidance. Then shortly after five of us gather in three countries, two states, three time zones. […]
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Years and years of eating for comfort, in rebellion, as a reward, for no reason other than the trigger tripped so eating goes on, inertia-driven. Then a simple plan, people who know you on first introduction, your doppelgängers. Eating gains sanity, […]
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She gave me a book, asked me to read it. I did, the collection of people’s stories, tales of finding new life in Overeaters Anonymous. I decided to try it…but after the new year, not to ruin Christmas and a […]
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