The crazy lady strikes again for Thursday, July 13, 2006

When I was actively practicing several 12-step programs, I read a great deal of recovery-oriented literature. I have already mentioned two of the publishers whose recovery-oriented books I've read - Hazelden and CompCare. (Read my last post if you want to know whether or not these publishers are still in existence.) In that literature, I noted what I felt was a disturbing trend. There was a great deal of emphasis on the self - on things like self-esteem or self-love and so forth. Even in those... Sign in to see full entry.

By way of doing research for this blog, I googled Overeaters Anonymous (the verb "to google" just made the latest edition of Merriam-Webster's dictionary - it means "to use the search engine called Google"). I found a website for a 12-step group called Compulsive Eaters Anonymous - HOW. The acronym HOW - when capitalized and used when referring to 12-step programs - stands for the term "honesty, openness and willingness to try." Many Overeaters Anonymous groups were what was then called HOW... Sign in to see full entry.

The title is a nod to Monty Python's Flying Circus; I felt it was appropriate to indicate that I'd finally (after four whole days) changed the topic I'll deal with in this blog. Remember the recovery fad of the late 1980s and early 1990s? It seemed as if 12-step groups were being created for virtually every known compulsive behavior pattern. People joined these groups in droves. Publishers such as CompCare and Hazelden sprang up to take care of the reading needs of those in 12-step recovery... Sign in to see full entry.

As I suspected, I thought of something else to add to a recent topic only after I finished my last blog entry. I am, as I predicted, frustrated in the extreme, as there are many other topics worthy of discussion for the purposes of this blog. There are two specific things I thought of after I finished my last blog entry. First of all, I thought of the fact that my mother-in-law never learned to drive and was unwilling to take mass transit. In fact, whenever she got wind of one of my... Sign in to see full entry.