…recovery has taught me that even though I may think like a compulsive overeater, I don’t have to act like one. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Location 369).

The pralines at checkout at Walgreens, including
the “no sugar added” variety with only a hundred sixty calories,,
the cookie jar in my old office, the wonderful rolls
at Texas Roadhouse, the free candy in the Sonic bag,
the donut shop I drive past knowing well
the apple fritters I used to buy there, the cookies
beside the coffeepot at Sunday afternoon coffee gathering…
Yes, the call to me but that doesn’t mean I must answer.
I am a compulsive overeater and always will be
but I understand those foods that try to lure me in
promise the opposite of what they give,
that instead of comfort they promise they deliver guilt,
self-loathing and larger clothes, that the easier answer really
is, they don’t meet my needs. Thank God!