For all of us, however, the days of controlled eating grew fewer and farther apart, until at last we came to OA, looking for a new solution. ~ The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous (Kindle Locations 68-69) Sure […]
Continue reading »Wishes, Dreams and Schemes
Dreams of super-powers, of Peter Pan flight, yield to visions of fairy godmothers to jerk us away, to match us with charming princes. Decades later the fountain of youth entices, rekindles what-if dreams. For a fortunate few, somewhere along that […]
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As a result of practicing the Steps, the symptom of compulsive overeating is removed on a daily basis, achieved through the process of surrendering to something greater than ourselves; the more total our surrender, the more fully realized our freedom […]
Continue reading »Lying to God
You can’t pray a lie. ~ Mark Twain Can you lie to God? You can certainly say words that aren’t true, can misstate facts, but if you know it’s false, doesn’t that negate prayer? It’s not that we can’t say […]
Continue reading »Knowing How
I sat, tired from a day visiting, comfortable in my son’s distant home, chilling out with an old friend, a game of Shisen on the computer. My son moved next to me, watched me play. I remembered his saying another […]
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