A metal disk, a token, the serenity prayer on one side, “one day at a time” on the other. Given to those who decide to “try our way of life for 24 hours.” A silly thing, rather meaningless… they joke […]
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I cannot stand this racket! Can you really not hear it? I know it’s inside my head but still, it’s such pandemonium it surely must resound around. This guilt of mine, so hideous, so appalling, If I don’t get rid […]
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Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You, too? Thought I was the only one.” — C. S. Lewis (Laura Drake, The Sweet Spot) It feels so like home, the rooms of recovery, so […]
Continue reading »The Scoreboard
Sometimes, blame is just an excuse to keep busy so that I don’t have to feel the discomfort of my powerlessness. ~ Courage to Change, page 189 She blew that conversation, embarrassed me with my boss. But he hadn’t intended […]
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If I never commit, I never suck. I committed!!!! So for today, I don’t suck! ~ Anonymous friend Inertia can seem a blessing, for nobody sees you, pays attention. If you’re still enough maybe, perhaps, they’ll think you a statue, […]
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