Daily Archives: August 23, 2012

What Does It Mean To Turn Your Life Over To God?

The Third of the Twelve Steps says we make a conscious decision to turn our life over to God. It doesn’t say we turn our life over to God. We just decide to turn our life over to God. What … Continue reading

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My First Car

I spent a year after high school living in Tannum Sands, Australia, with my big brother Paul, working for a few months at K-Mart and then for seven months as the sole cleaner-gardener at the Boyne Island Shopping Center. I … Continue reading

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The Party Was Exhausting

My friend Scott looked at me and said, “Are you OK?” I said I was, but I wasn’t. I was tired. Still in the grip of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome after all these years. There were all these people at the … Continue reading

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What’s The Core Of My Story?

The core of my story is how I realized I was addicted to certain kinds of unhealthy relationships, certain kinds of unhealthy fantasies, and how I discovered in five minutes of therapy last April that my fantasies were not only … Continue reading

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What Silences Me?

Happiness silences me. When I’m content, I usually feel less desire to write. Certainly less desire to write about myself. As a kid, I stopped writing a diary when adults repeatedly read it. When I feel squelched, stuffed, stifled, when … Continue reading

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