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Just for today, I have to make a decision to turn my day over and ask for help to live in the moment and help to make healthy decision and choices. I can't undo it, I need to let it go. Even what happened at 9 a.m. this morning is old news. My moment is now, the next 24 hours is my day when I turn it over or I can wait until bedtime, midnight, and give thanks and start again. The piece of cake with chocolate icing that my son told me I shouldn't eat, that I justified by saying, "It is only a small piece," and I can let it go, or have another piece in this moment, and then in turn ask for forgiveness from my Higher Power for two pieces instead of just one. Love yourself, you are worthwhile, you do deserve recovery. ![]()
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I have never been to an OA meeting but my ex-sponsor went for many years. Mine is more the thinking behind the eating, although I know what is good, I don't always listen to myself.
The last time I shared my story, I identified myself as an alcoholic who was addicted to alcohol, men, prescription pills, men, food, men, busy/work, men, computers, etc. We can be obsessive, compulsive about anything. I was told that anything I put between me and my Higher Power becomes the 'god' of my life. That gave me a lot of pause for thought. I didn't recognize it as an addiction. Then I realized that I had substituted food when I felt empty, unloved, and needy. When I get needy, I get greedy, and reach out to anything that will take me out of myself, instead of going within for a spiritual solution. Like I used my bed to hide in, like I worked overtime and got involved in busy, so I didn't have to be alone with me. I didn't realize I wasn't alone, my God was with me. ![]()
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Monday, November 12, 2012
You are reading from the book Food for Thought Quote:
I am reminded of something I heard in early recovery, why look into the future when all I have is the past experiences to draw on to make my choices. I am not that person in today. I also have a Higher Power that I can take with me or leave Him/Her at home. Expecting the worse is negative thinking and we draw that energy to us. So what we expect, is often what we get, because we have attracted it to us. A negative and a negative, makes for negative energy. A positive and a positive, make for positive energy. A positive and a negative, brings one down and more than often, the negative doesn't come up far enough to meet in the middle. What I put out, I get back! Going to OA isn't putting AA on a back burner. If OA is your priority right now, Then we need to look at first things first. I spent years in AA, but took time outs for what I needed for my sobriety. I went to NA and Al-Anon. In today, Al-Anon is still my main focus and I go to an AA meeting when I need it. I never went to OA for my eating disorder. I dealt with a lot of the thinking and issues with my first sponsor. Recently I realized that I was slipping back in my eating thinking, and wasn't making healthy choices. ![]()
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