… self-confidence was no good whatever; in fact it was a total liability. (The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 23) Easy response is, “I’m okay.” Funny. It’s been my mantra so many years, since “I’m fine” […]
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No other kind of bankruptcy is like this one. Alcohol, now become the rapacious creditor, bleeds us of all self-sufficiency and all will to resist its demands. Once this stark fact is accepted, our bankruptcy as going human concerns is […]
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Imitation
I’m no model lady. A model’s just an imitation of the real thing. ~ Mae West Sincere flattery, so they say. She admires me, wants what I have — but not in the right way, the recovery way. She wants my […]
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