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Monday Thoughts 3/16/2020

She remembered who she was and the game changed.”  ~~Lalah Deliah “Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told.  I decided I was safe.  I was strong.  I was brave.  Nothing could vanquish me.  Insisting

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WFS & COVID-19

Dear Competent Women, I am writing today to address the current coronavirus pandemic and its implications for the services of Women for Sobriety, Inc. First and foremost, I wish to share my love and compassion for any difficult feelings you are experiencing in this uncertain time. My brother and his

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Monday Thoughts 3/9/2020

“I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things……I play with leaves, I skip down the street and run against the wind.”  ~~Leo Buscaglia “The possibility of the dream gives strength.”  ~~Lailah Gifty Akita Pearls of Wisdom: Great Mind “It’s faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.”  ~~Oliver Wendall

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Monday Thoughts 3/2/2020

“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”  ~~Audrey Hepburn “To be deeply loved, means a willingness to cut yourself wide open, exposing your vulnerabilities…hopes, hurts, fears and flaws.  Hiding behind the highlight reel of who you are, is the real you and that person is just as worthy

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WFS Winter Update

February 2020 Special Event: Chat with Laura McKowen On February 23, 2020 WFS Online hosted a chat with Laura McKowen, author of We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life One of the latest recovery books to hit bookstore shelves is We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a

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Monday Thoughts 2/24/20

“Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care anymore.  It’s realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”  ~~Deborah Reber “The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”  ~~Steve Maraboli “One of the

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This Could Have Been Me

Recently, someone recommended that I watch a video on Netflix. Lipstick & Liquor is a documentary film that explores the growing number of suburban women who become alcohol dependent. It is a film about women and alcohol – one in particular who disappeared on a frigid December day. Thirty-nine year

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