Category: Addiction/AA
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For Overachievers Everywhere
Scientists have a name for it: Ergomania. It is a word composed of two Latin roots. “Ergo,” meaning work, and “mania,” which means passion. Ergomania, thusly, is a “passion for work.” In contemporary society we use a different term for an individual suffering from this condition: The “workaholic.” The condition is not limited to corporate […]
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“Oh My God, Such Screw-Ups” – Anne
On occasion you read something so honest that it cannot help but be shared. Thus, below you will find the recent words of Anne Lamott on a person and subject (Brian Williams), to which I had given little thought. I’ve been a fan of Lamott ever since my friends Jaye Gates and Penny Benson handed me […]
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No Fixing a Fool
Zen Buddhists use a descriptive phrase that we who are Christian should adopt as our own. The phrase is “Idiot’s Compassion.” It was first used by Chogyam Trungpa, a provocative and controversial Tibetan who helped bring Buddhism to the West in the 1970s. According to Trungpa, “Idiot’s Compassion” is this intense desire to help someone […]