When you are jealous of what others have, you take precious time away from yourself. Rather than count your blessings, you count theirs. Instead of considering your worth, you consider theirs. Rather than feel secure in yourself, you see their […]
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Practice these Principles
Step 12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to compulsive overeaters and to practice these principles in all our affairs. We practice these principles in all our affairs. But […]
Continue reading »Wishing Is a Character Defect
The habit of complaining, of wishing things were different, is nothing more than a way of insuring depression and misery. ~ Anonymous, Overeaters. For Today (Kindle Locations 1694-1695). Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.. Kindle Edition. Did you consider in listing defects of character […]
Continue reading »Thanks Be to God
(After Psalm 136) Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. Thanks be to the God of our understanding. Give thanks for leading us to Recovery. Thanks be to the God of our understanding. Give thanks for the bottom, […]
Continue reading »How to Welcome Change
I have learned that when the pain of where I am is worse than the fear of where I’m going, I welcome change. ~Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 2483-2484). Overeaters Anonymous. Step Six declares we “Were entirely ready to have […]
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