Twelve Steps to Becoming Moderately Okay

After the first pass at Step Two, a crisis of conscious threatens to occur. For, in the first two steps, I have discovered that what I decide to make important in my life is unmanageable by me. I have also discovered that I have stumbled across this place of unmanageability because I was, in fact,... Sign in to see full entry.

At the close of the Step One explication, I made it clear that Step One was a, “why am I bothering to do this,” sort of step. With Step Two, we are still concerned with, “why,” but we are beginning to place a very fine point on matters. “Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could... Sign in to see full entry.

I have been, "working the Steps," for over 12 years now on just about every issue that pops up in my life that causes me pain, grief, or disturbance. The results for me have been astonishingly positive and represent a far better expenditure of my time and energy in dealing with life issues than with... Sign in to see full entry.

Y'know, folks, irony can be our best friend when we are living through troubled times. But let me back up for just a moment and enlighten you as to my point of view on all of this religiosity and other polarizing nonsense that is spewing forth from the mouth of the beast. The rich elites who decide... Sign in to see full entry.

Are you tired of yo-yo diets where you always end up weighing more a few months later than you did before you started your last fad diet? Are you sick of spending money on the latest exercise equipment and herbal potions that never work as promised? Tired of feeling like you will never, ever lose... Sign in to see full entry.