I was good at signing up. For weigh-and-pay, for gym, for a brand new exercise device, for any new gadget, for hypnotism, metal ear balls, pills of all varieties, charts, dares, partners, promises…I was good at signing up. The closest […]
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The Non-Swingers
I watch those who were zapped abstinent and have kept it for years. I look at them askance, sometimes, expecting them to have swing like a pendulum back to old patterns, to the eating insanity that I experience all too […]
Continue reading »The Power of Choice
Working my program has also given me the power of choice with regard to food. ~ Abstinence, Second Edition (Kindle Locations 2405-2406). I am powerless over food and my life has become unmanageable. That’s true! Always has been, for me, […]
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I identify as a compulsive overeater, recovering, and a sugar addict. I didn’t create the language, but it’s mine. Compulsive is an adjective describing an irresistible urge, especially against a person’s conscious wishes. Addicted is an adjective as well. So […]
Continue reading »Working the Steps
They call it work. Not play, not diversion, not an extra if there’s time. They call it work. Not vacation, not a sideline, not a hobby. We work the steps in a regular, methodical, whether-we-want-to-or-not but especially when it’s “not.” […]
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