Recovery

I joined FA 5 years ago when I was 43, 5’4.5” and 226 lbs. (102.5 kilos). I was also on

The door to the plane closes, and I sigh.  It’s the end of an almost three-week trip to the U.S. 

Living on the FA frontier with no FA meetings taught me qualities that were foreign to me−perseverance and tenacity. Without

After years of being trapped in a pattern of relapse, I realized that I had to learn how to live

I first came to FA weighing in at 220 pounds (99.7 kilos) of fear, doubt and insecurity. I miraculously lost

I have long railed against going to bed on time. When I was kid, my mother had to scream to

I am 5’9”, 63 years old, currently weighing 132 pounds (59.9 kilos), and three weeks short of 30 years ago,

It was ten days before Christmas and packages from friends and family started to arrive at our doorstep. All of