Nowhere in Steps Four through Seven do we ask God to add anything, but rather to take away the things we do not need. ~ Courage to Change, page 65.

I have it all, everything I need.
Actually more, truth be told.
While I might yearn for more, more, more,
I really need less of everything.
I crave more food, more sugar, more treats
but I want the lot of it and less of me left…
I want more authority, more power,
yet contentment comes first and foremost
from simplification, from surrender,
from giving up control.
I need nothing not given me from the start.
I just need to accept the taking away
of those traits, of those habits, of those weaknesses
that have never served me well
and that block my recovery.
And as a bonus, the weight leaves as well.