Whenever I share my experiences with OCD and the related binge-eating disorder [See: The Most Uncool Addiction], there’s a word I always refrain from using if I’m outside the safe confines of my OA group: Abstinence. I don’t hate the word. But I don’t like it much, either. All anyone ever thinks about when it’s …
The folks you find in Overeater’s Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous often mix well. But when they don’t, well… Mood music: “Dead End Justice” by The Runaways: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8jhAzSZYfg&hl=en_US&fs=1] I’ve noticed lately that there are more folks coming into OA that have also been in AA. Some of them have been sober for more than two decades. …
It’s been an eventful week and I am close to fried. But before I collapse, I have many hours of travel ahead. As daunting as that may seem, I’m feeling a strange sort of satisfaction this morning. Rough as this has been, I accomplished a lot. I got four articles out of the conferences I …
For those who need a 12-Step Program, here are a few lessons from the author’s personal experiences. Mood music for this post: “Rise Above” by Black Flag: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Y4iUfktOo&hl=en_US&fs=1&] When you follow the 12 Steps of Recover as I do, you discover the little things in ways you never could before. Yesterday was another example. Erin, …
