…willpower does nothing for my disease. Applying willpower to this compulsion is like applying an antibiotic to a viral infection. It will never have any effect. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 862-864). A leg cramp in the night, drilling through […]
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Guilt and God
Raised in the church? A lot of us were. Some of us are still involved in the church of our childhood. Others have changed… congregations, denominations, even to a different faith. And those outside the rooms of recovery share these […]
Continue reading »After Relapse
How can I go back? I had been so cocky, so arrogant, so sure I had this figured out. I’d sponsored…even relapsers!…so sure, so authoritatively. Now I’m fifty pounds up, hopeless, helpless, embarrassed, chagrined. I know what the answer is. […]
Continue reading »For a Finish Line
You can’t have a finish line without a start line. ~ Maureen Gibbons’ dad Many of us have spent our lives dreaming the goal. When I’m thin, I’ll… When I move out, I’ll… When I get a real job… When […]
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