This morning’s meeting was pretty good. It had been a while since I’d attended this particular meeting and I was glad to be back this week. I was tired. Very tired, but better than the day before. Black Friday was not a great day. I woke at 3:30a and by 4:15 had not fallen back [...]

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I could resist no longer. I was truly powerless. It was SOooo Sweet! So now I own a little blue netbook. $199 from Target. It’s still running windows but tomorrow should be up running Ubuntu’s netbook remix.

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We all have some baggage. I’d like to think mine is carry-on. It used to be a steamer trunk. Isn’t that one of the advantages of working OA’s 12 Steps?

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My daughter’s high school is having a can drive. Through Monday, they’re collecting cans of food for local pantries in advance of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.  With the exception of canned tomatoes when local tomatoes are not available, I can’t think of anything I eat from a can. I eat soy nut butter from a [...]

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Just had a brief call with a sponsee. He is having an excellent day.  I remarked, it’s nice when everything falls jelly side up, not that we’d eat it either way.

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Saturday is my 2-fer day. I get to two OA meetings. In the morning, I have a choice between 7:15 and 8. Actually, there are more choices but these are the ones I choose between. I have friends and sponsees at both. Each have experience, strength and hope by the bucket load.  The difference is [...]

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Click image for the answer: And remember, it’s just not my food and, with any luck, not yours either.

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Have you ever eaten so much food you’d swear those jelly donuts were filled with lead and not strawberry jelly? I have. More than once. More than twice. More than three times. You get the picture. Well, speaking of pictures, I happened upon these wonders. According to this display, the good folks at Anderson have [...]

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Today is the seventh anniversary of the day after my last  binge.

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I’ve been touching base on the American Dietetic Association website lately. Their 2010 annual big event is local next year (there’s a clue!).  I’m waiting for the exhibitor page for the event to make an appearance so I can start the local planning effort with my PI/PO OA buddies. What caught my eye today was [...]

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