My life is unmanageable by me. I’m powerless over my obsession. I have to have help, but not just assistance. I’m dependent on my Higher Power not just for guidance, for leading me in the right direction, but for life […]
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Morning Thoughts
God, I offer myself to thee to build with me and do with me as thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self that I may better do thy will. Take away my difficulties that victory over them may […]
Continue reading »No Right Way
I have learned there is no right way to do the wrong thing. ~ Overeaters Overeaters, Third Edition (Kindle Locations 781-782). The best-laid plan, our most excellent thinking, will inevitably go wrong for us, for addicts, if we’re directing the play, […]
Continue reading »On the Pentacle of Life
I descended into a horrific food rock bottom, which finally convinced me that compulsive overeating is a progressive, dangerous, and slow-killing disease of mind, body, and spirit. My slide was halted only by seeking help from fellow OA members and […]
Continue reading »Present and Silent
When I am overeating, overindulging in a culinary delight, or bingeing, then I am not present to win… I have heard it said that silence is the only way we can hear God speak. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 3292-3302). […]
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