You visit with your friend sick at heart he’s gotten even larger since you saw him a few months back. You want to say something, tell him you found your answer, lost that kind of obesity, know the way and […]
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Three Plans of Eating
OA says one of the tools is a Plan of Eating. I find it necessary to have three. Under normal circumstances I choose no sugary foods, limited flour, preferably dark, virtually no chips or fried food, using an online program […]
Continue reading »About Yesterday
Karen, strange to see you here at the library. I found the meeting yesterday interesting. I had no idea you’d ever been overweight. All these years we’ve been friends and you were going to those secret meetings. You seem so […]
Continue reading »Doubtless You Doubt
Doubtless you are curious to discover how and why, in the face of expert opinion to the contrary, we have recovered from a hopeless condition of mind and body. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition (Kindle Locations 541-542). How could it have […]
Continue reading »A Compulsive Eater Powerless to Stop
I’ve eaten all my life, hungry or not. Food is more than nourishment of body but a comfort when afraid, a solace for insults suffered, a way to rejoice, a remedy to placate guilt when I act without thinking through […]
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