Eating Disorders - OA for May 2014

[MajestyJo]

Thursday, May 29, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought

Quality, Not Quantity

We tend to be overly impressed with quantity. How much does it cost? How many friends do I have? How much can I include in my food plan? In a materialistic society, more is synonymous with better.

Before we found OA, we were eating more and enjoying it less. In fact, the more we ate, the more unhappy we became. Greater quantity did not bring better health or a better quality of life.

In this program, we are learning to place quality before quantity. We discover that smaller amounts of nourishing, high quality foods are more satisfying and make us feel better than vast quantities of empty calories. We become more selective about the way we spend our time, choosing the activities and companions that most enrich our lives, rather than trying to do everything and be everything to everybody. We realize more each day that the quality of our spiritual life is what gives us the inner satisfaction, which we sought but failed to find in quantities of things.

Show me how to live well.

One of the biggest lessons that I learned in recovery. Making healthy choices. Qaulity not quantity, allowed me to establish healthier eating habits.

I also found the same thing in the fellowships of recovery. Someone with 3 years could have quality sobriety, as someone who had 30 years. The program works if you work it. It is a one day at a program. The past and what you did, whether in recovery or before recovery, it is about choices in today.