They are both just an excuse most of the time. An excuse not to change or an excuse as to being too weak to do it yourself.

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"And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah"
-Joan Osborne "One of Us"

He was an angel. Not the ones of the modern breed that was almost human in appearance and nature. But a biblical Angel of the Lord. A being beyond trivial things like gender and organs. A beautiful reflection of a greater perfection that would ( Read more... )

If I were to tell one person the full extent of my wrongs, that person would have to be willing to stay for a long long time. More time than I have to waste on every foolish decision of my past with the rate at which the rest of my life continues to race forward. But if I were to admit my wrongs to a person, it would be my husband, for better or ( Read more... )

A moral person? By what set of morals? You want for me to define what a moral person is. Seems pointless, really. I’ve known my sense of morals aren’t anyone else’s. The only ones who get them imposed on them are my kids, and then only until they grow up. I don’t have any particular set of beliefs to define what is moral or immoral. Certainly not ( Read more... )

[locked to those in the program]

Boundaries. My life is becoming all about boundaries. What I can do, what I can’t do.( Read more... )

My higher power? He is a god of love and forgiveness, omnipotent and omnipresent. He provided a way for a every human who choses to to redeem themselves and live forever in peace and love. Those who lean on him will find strength and reassurance and a source of unending and unconditional love. Those who choose to ignore him and his offering go to ( Read more... )

Unmanageable is the wrong word for it. My life has never become unmanageable. If it had, I’d have more motivation to do this recovery process.

( Cut for sexual themes )

Hello, my name is Mab and I am a sexual addict.

I do not know when an extremely strong sex drive became an addiction, but my guess is some time within the last several hundred years. I have visited dozens of psychiatrists and psychologists over the years, and it was generally agreed that I’m a nymphomaniac of a high order. In fact, the only shrink ( Read more... )