Lines in a poem I wrote about my father: How many months have I failed to call home? I don’t tend to make phone calls even to people I love! That hundred pound phone we speak of in Recovery is […]
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Put Suffering to Good Use
There are always ways to put suffering to good use. Suffering is never wasted, but there is a loss. There’s a loss of what we could have been, could have accomplished, could have experienced, could have seen, if we hadn’t […]
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We’ve resolved to get control of food. A resolve is a good start but just a start. If we give in to insanity and actions fall short eventually we resolve again, lesson learned. We can resolve again but good intentions […]
Continue reading »Becoming Conscious
From an energy perspective, becoming conscious requires stamina. It is extremely challenging, and often very painful, to evaluate our own personal beliefs and separate ourselves from those that no longer support our growth. ~ Myss, Caroline. Anatomy of the Spirit: […]
Continue reading »Handling Abstinence
“A.A. does not teach us how to handle our drinking,” he said. “It teaches us how to handle sobriety.” ~ A.A. World Services Inc. Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition. A.A. World Services, Inc.. Kindle Edition. It’s no great trick to stop drinking; […]
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