When you wish upon a star, when you tire of who you are, when the things you had to keep make you want to take a leap… When trite phrases fail to hide the pain, the agony of insane lives […]
Continue reading »Decadence
As to two of you men, whose stories I have heard, there is no doubt in my mind that you were 100% hopeless, apart from divine help. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, page 43 What was it like in the throes of addiction? How […]
Continue reading »My Soul’s Size
I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him. ~ Booker T. Washington Sometimes I feel so small, puny, insignificant… and never more than those times I put someone else down, belittle them, disdain them, […]
Continue reading »All Lightness and Hope
When I heard the words, “I am powerless over food,” I felt a surge of relief, a letting loose of a heavy burden, and my spirit danced with joy. With the obsession broken, I am all lightness and hope, reaching […]
Continue reading »Like a Wave
Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me. […]
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