“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.”
– Pearl S. Buck (1892 – 1973) U.S. author & 1st female Nobel Prize winner
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Even if We Try to Pray it Away … Sex Lurks in the Undertow – Step 4
“Yet, as with other addictions and compulsions, the costs are great. In this case, sex becomes a furtive enemy to be continually kept at bay, even at the price of annihilating a part of oneself.” (Sexual Anorexia, p. 1)
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Take a Deep Breath cuz “The Number One Offender” is on Its Way – Step 4
“Holding on to anger, resentment, and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache, and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth.”
– Joan Lunden (1950 – ) U.S. television personality
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Why Exaggerating or Minimizing the Truth is Like Trying to Shut Out the Sun – Step 4
“We want to tell the simple truth, cut and dried, as quickly as possible. There is always a danger that we will exaggerate … . After all, we still want to sound good.” (The Basic Text, p. 33)
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“Should other Friendships be Forgot … ” – Step 4
“Aristotle considers friendships to be a necessity to live. He claims that no individual would choose to live without friends even if the individual had all of the other good things in life.” (anonymous author)
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Being “Children of Chaos, We have Defiantly Played with Every Brand of Fire …” Trad. 4
“Children of chaos, we have defiantly played with every brand of fire, only to emerge unharmed and, we think, wiser.” (12 & 12, p. 146)
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“Don’t Let’s Ask for the Moon … ” – Step 4
“In the past, we believed desperation would give us the strength to survive. … As recovering addicts, we come to know gratitude.” (The Basic Text, p. 97)
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Why “Moral Courage is a Rarer Commodity than Bravery in Battle” – Step 4
From Thine Will Be Done – “Some time ago “moral choice” didn’t seem like an option. I was completely bankrupt, in and out of jails, 51/50, in an extremely abusive relationship, homeless, fighting myself on every subject like if I deserved any better …”
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“If there is Pain, Use it as an Awareness … as a Sharpening of the Soul” – Step 4
From Simon Y. – “I looked at a man selling fruit on the sidewalk on a hot day, and felt a connection with him. Can’t describe it but it was real.” (On the sharpening of one’s soul)
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