We of Overeaters Anonymous have made a discovery. At the very first meeting we attended, we learned that we were in the clutches of a dangerous illness, and that willpower, emotional health and self-confidence, which some of us had once possessed, were no defense against it. ~ Overeaters Anonymous “Our Invitation to You.”
There’s the “ah-ha” moment,
then there’s the “well, duh!” moment.
Ah-ha makes you feel brilliant,
on top of the game, the heap,
even the world.
It’s not a lot different from well, duh! —
maybe none except the way it feels.
And the dejection, the self-loathing,
the stupid-feelingness happens
when we’re in this disease,
the one we don’t know we have
even when the primary sympton
is the focal point of our lives.
But it is a sickness, one we have no way
to stubborn-it through.
We can’t fix it, cure it, endure it.
And in the rooms of recovery
miracles happen. And one of those
is making this well, duh! into ah ha!!
then there’s the “well, duh!” moment.
Ah-ha makes you feel brilliant,
on top of the game, the heap,
even the world.
It’s not a lot different from well, duh! —
maybe none except the way it feels.
And the dejection, the self-loathing,
the stupid-feelingness happens
when we’re in this disease,
the one we don’t know we have
even when the primary sympton
is the focal point of our lives.
But it is a sickness, one we have no way
to stubborn-it through.
We can’t fix it, cure it, endure it.
And in the rooms of recovery
miracles happen. And one of those
is making this well, duh! into ah ha!!
