Category Archives: Abstinence
Days of Awe & Reflection
Day 1 I write these posts for the food addict who still suffers… including me. I don’t say that for your pity or admiration, but as a caution that my experience, strength and hope is tempered by food addiction. Last night I broke after a week of abstinence with what I am sure would […]
Connectivity
I’m back into a stretch of abstinence from flour, sugar, and quantities of food and leaning into a vegan life. It feels wonderful. The food fog is lifted. Work is getting done. I’m happy and peaceful. It all began during a recent 12-step study group meeting. I had been struggling for and against abstinence […]
My brain on metaphor
Yoga Teacher Angela Farmer Last week I was at the gym, looking in the mirror, standing on one leg with Carrie, my trainer/physical therapist, behind me, lightly holding onto my hips. As I fell out of the pose it struck me that this was a metaphor for something. I couldn’t say what that “something” […]
Quiet Time
Quiet Time is my key to a sane and useful life. I’ve known this for many years, but didn’t get a daily individual practice going until recently. In 1991, I sat in meditation for the first time. Strangely, tears welled up and coursed down my face as I sat in a group of experienced meditators at […]