Misery is optional. You can’t think your way into a new way of living… you have to live your way into a new way of thinking. It’s a simple program for complicated people. The newcomer is the most important person […]
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My Dear Relapsed Sponsee
Would that I had wisely guided you. You are missed. I could blame myself, welcome a dung beetle role, but I won’t. It’s a shame I couldn’t have guided you through the oceanography of Recovery, kept you from becoming some […]
Continue reading »Making a Sponsor
Take one newcomer powerless, unable to manage life. Add a non-newcomer who has worked the Steps, at least some of them. Combine with literature, meetings, telephone, email, a touch of texting if both amenable. Mix with care, communication, honesty, humility… […]
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My joy in recovery is multiplied in direct proportion to the extent to which I share it with other compulsive overeaters. ~ Overeaters Anonymous. For Today (Kindle Locations 1389-1390). In numbers there is strength. A group of people has more […]
Continue reading »Right Result Wrong Reason
More than six years ago Barbara Rollins with OAStepper were putting together A Cloud of Witnesses — Two Big Books and Us. Each had a book published by Eagle Wings Press but we wanted to publicize the new book. We […]
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