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Monday Thoughts 6/17/2019

“Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” ~~Susan Gale “There are better starters than me but I’m a strong finisher.” ~~Usain Bolt “I like feeling strong. It keeps my mental floor higher.” ~~Pink Statement #12   I am a competent woman, and have much

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Why I Choose Hard

Everyone has her own reasons for choosing to be sober. Often the motivation is due to repercussions from a particularly devastating binge. Other times it is the culmination of a series of worsening issues affecting health, relationships, job, or all of the above. Once you are here, doing the work

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Monday Thoughts 6/10/2019

“I love those connections that make this big old world feel like a little village.” ~~Gina Bellman “I am a part of all that I have met.” ~~Lord Tennyson “Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone’s hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours.” ~~Vera Nazarian

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Monday Thoughts 5/27/2019

Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto

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Monday Thoughts 5/20/2019

“You try something, it doesn’t work, and maybe people even criticize you. In a fixed mindset, you say, ‘I tried this, it’s over.’ In a growth mindset, you look for what you’ve learned.” ~~Carol S. Dweck “If you are outgrowing who’ve you been, you are right on schedule. Keep evolving. ~~Lalah Delia “Feeling at

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Trust the Universe

I often want to share about how wonderful sobriety is, but that can feel overwhelming because there are so many experiences I could discuss. I’ve decided to share about trusting the universe and what happens when you do. I stopped drinking on July 2, 2016. My first half year of

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Monday Thoughts 5/13/2019

“I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” ~~Pablo Casals “My mission in life is to be kind, compassionate, caring and loving in order to find and feel the deepest joy in life.” ~~Debasish Mridha “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the

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Organization Update – 5/10/19

Hello Competent Women! It’s beginning to look a lot like Conference! Supplies, auction donations, and teddy bears are pouring in! One of our office volunteer took me to BJ’s, a local warehouse store, so we could stock up on drinks, plates, and napkins for our Thursday night pizza party and

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