Courage is never wasted. ~ Rush Limbaugh You go out on a limb, feel like a fool, humiliated, miserable. You want to hide, bury your head, wear a disguise, change your name… But your courage was not wasted, couldn’t be, […]
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That Thirty-Day Chip
Recognition awaits, adulation for days strung together, for a month of eating according to plan. But as the day nears the feeling of pride shifts to embarrassment, knowing how weak, how unworthy I am. And temptation looms large suggesting old […]
Continue reading »No Scolding, No Weigh-Ins
They are neither judged nor scolded. There are no weigh-ins. They can share their past experiences, their present problems, and their hopes for the future with those who understand and support them and who speak their own language. ~ Overeaters […]
Continue reading »Defiant Individuality
Hence, one no longer needs to maintain a defiant individuality but can live in peace and harmony with the environment, sharing and participating freely, especially with other members of the group. ~ Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition (Kindle Locations 2550-2551). Defiant […]
Continue reading »To Live Free of the Bondage
Clearly, if we are to live free of the bondage of compulsive eating, we must abstain from all foods and eating behaviors which cause us problems. ~ The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous (Kindle Locations 76-77) Abstain. […]
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