The mockingbird in my head doesn’t copy what I say — he avers it wasn’t worth saying, is the stupidest think he’s ever heard. When I manage to keep my mouth shut he’s malleable, can critique my thoughts with equanimity, finding […]
Continue reading »Automation
After a while routine takes over, same after same automatically. Regimen, habits, practice, schedule. Not provoking breakthrough, seldom elating or even pleasing… But custom maintains the right order, sane steps a placeholder awaiting rekindled growth.
Continue reading »Weigh and Pay
We are not a “diet and calories” club. We do not endorse any particular plan of eating. We practice abstinence by staying away from eating between planned meals and from all individual binge foods. Once we become abstinent, the preoccupation […]
Continue reading »My Top Priority
I am my top priority. By keeping the focus on myself, I let go of other people’s problems and can better cope with my own. ~ Courage to Change, page 203 Isn’t it selfish to think of me first? I’ve always […]
Continue reading »Self-Sufficient
If we accept “free” gifts from outsiders, or too much from one member, we become less than free ourselves. We may become dependent upon the money being donated and never learn to take responsibility and pay our share. The need […]
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