like         similar to; typical of; resembling. like-1     having the same form or characteristics like-2     to find pleasure in; enjoy. So. How exactly do you go from pretty much despising yourself … to actually liking the person you are enough to sit in your own skin? This one? [...]

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Dunno why I do it.  Really. I mean I’m a smart, capable, woman of recovery.  But every once in a great while, okay at least once a day, I doubt.  Doubt what I know or what I feel or what I believe.  Creeping with cold fingers from the base of my skull.  Defined as:  to [...]

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Oh such a title to write up to … as I’m sitting here with the sniffles and a fever I often wonder how many of my fellow recovering folks are like me? Super Stoic? “I got this … I’m fine … blah blah blah”. Until we fall on our faces from exhaustion. *ahem* We get [...]

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Opinions are like _______, everyone has one. Yep.  All of us, about most things, have an opinion. Shaped by perception (yes this word again) and past experiences, we view raw data and spin baby spin … the whirlwind begins.  Opinionated information streams, whether disclosed or no, flavor our relations with others and selves.  What evidence [...]

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