I’m what has come to be known as codependent. I offer to help all the time, act willing when you control me, aim to please. Inside, though, I’m yelling, “So, do it yourself, Lazy! And when you come back could […]
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For Myself
For myself: I am powerless over food. No matter how much I wish to control my eating, I cannot. I am a compulsive overeater, no matter what my mind may have to say on the matter. ~ Overeaters Anonymous, For Today […]
Continue reading »A Disease of the Spirit
For many others, however, it is clear that what compulsive overeaters and alcoholics have in common is a need to nourish the spiritual side of their nature. ~ The Reverend Rollo M. Boas in Appendix D,Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition (quotations are […]
Continue reading »A Disease of the Mind
The more closely I examined the phenomenon, the clearer it became that compulsive overeating is a disease. ~ Dr. William Rader, a psychiatrist engaged in clinical work with alcoholism, drug addiction, and compulsive overeating. in Appendix B, Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition…The poem […]
Continue reading »Acknowledging the Disease
As long as we refuse to recognize that we have this debilitating and ultimately fatal disease, we are not motivated to get the daily treatment for it which brings about our recovery. Denial of the truth leads to destruction. ~ […]
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