Analytical minds demand real… logical progression from point A to points B, C, D, E, F…in order. Scientific explanation, hypotheses proven, rationale, arguments. Real triumphs, thrives, flourishes… until it doesn’t. Sometimes real can’t bridge the chasm, can’t yield results. Sometimes… […]
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I was miserable as I was still suffering. For years I had to appear a success, to lose weight not knowing abstinence and the perfect plan some believed to be in OA. Hades remained open to me, and it seemed […]
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Years piled on years, tears after tears, self-help, self-loathing, short-lived success brings marathon failure trial and error and error and error and error and hopelessness, helplessness, despair to the pit, the bottomless abyss… the criteria met for surrender… and recovery.
Continue reading »Your Meeting
I came, a newcomer, scared, alone, wanting desperately to leave. I came in late and you stopped what you were doing to say I was welcome, to tell me the ridiculous lie that I was the most important person there. […]
Continue reading »I Am Not My Brother’s Keeper
I knew how to run your life though mine was out of control. I learned a great lesson when finally I admitted I was powerless over addiction and my life was unmanageable. At that point I began, at long last, […]
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