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This is the kitchen where we talk about food, life, and recovery—a spiritual path to healing and peace.

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You are invited to keep coming back to A Cup of Kindness to share your experience, strength and hope; fears, doubts and insecurities; and to pick up information, inspiration … and have a little fun!

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In January 2007, at the age of 51, I joined a 12-step program and began my recovery from food addiction, losing 75 pounds in the process. Read more…

In January 2011, at the age of 55, I began my recovery from a multi-trauma accident, 36 fractures, damaged lungs, and post traumatic stress. Read more…

I am deeply grateful for all the kindnesses, large and small, offered to me in recovery. Here I am... alive… still making progress … still not perfect … finding a new way forward in a growing community of women and men who share a lot in common around food and life.

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Food neutrality

Written by Valerie on July 8, 2012 — 6 Comments

    Dear Friends, I love your Comments to these Posts! They challenge me to reflect and consider more deeply. Nicola asked today what food neutral means. I replied to her in the Comments and then thought, let’s open up the conversation. I use the words food neutral because they are the language of my […]

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If not today…

Written by Valerie on July 8, 2012 — 4 Comments

  My new mantra: If not today… when? And the answer is: Never. So, it must be today. I’m completely clear. I have no doubts whatsoever. I was happiest when I was neutral about food. I was neutral about food when I had the cleanest possible abstinence. I was interested in the world beyond my […]

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Claiming My Gratitude

Written by Valerie on June 17, 2012 — 3 Comments

  My 12-step sponsor suggested that this would be a good time season my Recovery with writing about the good things in my life. Then I heard from a 12-step fellow that she learned how to season her own Recovery by focusing her communication on the positive. So, today I’m claiming my gratitude. I am […]

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Devises and Desires

Written by Valerie on March 26, 2012 — 2 Comments

  You know how some people have no filter for what comes out of their mouth? Left to their own devises, they say the most outrageous things. And sometimes they say mean things. I have no filter for what I put into my mouth. Left to my own devises (and let’s just say I have […]

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