We have been abandoned and neglected so often that we also abandon ourselves. – Beattie, Codependent No More, page 99 Hanging your hat on someone else for happiness, for fulfillment, for feeling whole, leaves you feeling less, looking for someone […]
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I need Thee, O I need Thee; Every hour I need Thee; O bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee. I can’t…I’m powerless over food, my life unmanageable. God can. I came to believe a Power greater than […]
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I came to her an education slob, convinced degrees identified worthy friends. I heard her speak, knew she married young, her husband signing her report cards. I knew she’d been in Recovery decades while I wore unmatched shoes since I […]
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What exactly is meditation? Is it something hypnotic, strange, and beyond my capabilities? The dictionary tells me it means”to think contemplatively.” When I look up “contemplative” it says “to view thoughtfully.” ~ Courage to Change, p. 173, Al-Anon So meditation […]
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We allow others to determine when we will be happy; when we will be peaceful; when we will be upset; and what we will say, do, think, and feel. We forfeit our right to feel peaceful at the whim of […]
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