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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From a Fellow Bozo
Let me first say I’m just another Bozo on the bus. I’m no authority on how to do Recovery. But I’ve certainly done my research. identifying how to fail, to fall on your face. It took two sponsors for me […]
Continue reading »Inhale Divine, Exhale Surrender
On rough days, I make outreach calls and commit to three breaths where I inhale “divine” and exhale “surrender.” ~ Overeaters Anonymous. Taste of Lifeline. Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.. Kindle Edition. What’s a rough day? It could be a nagging ache in […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »Continuous and Persistent
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 […]
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