Food for Thought~daily Meditations 04-15

[Pony]

Thought for the Day
Sunday, April 15, 2007
You are reading from the book Food for Thought

A Daily Reprieve

Through the grace of our Higher Power and by means of the OA program, we compulsive overeaters are given a daily reprieve from our disease. This reprieve, however, is dependent on our spiritual condition. If we do not stay in touch with our Higher Power and if we do not practice the OA principles each day, we lose the reprieve and fall into compulsive overeating.

Our program comes first; other concerns are secondary. OA is not something which we can tack on to our schedule when it is convenient. To be effective, it requires top priority. This does not mean that we spend all of our time involved in OA activities. It does mean that all of our activities are guided by spiritual principles.

Impossible? Only if we refuse to turn our lives over to our Higher Power. When He is in control, our work, recreation, and rest all come under His direction. We are spiritually in tune each day and safe from our disease.

Thank You for saving me from my disease today.

From Food for Thought: Daily Meditations for Overeaters by Elisabeth L. ©1980, 1992 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written permission of the publisher.

[Neagrm]

It is true - and I've finally learned - it's a spiritual practice, which this daily meditation confirms for me. I'm not sure how this has come about, that suddenly I'm able to stop eating compulsively. This past week it's as if someone turned a switch.

The only thing that's changed is my epiphany a week and a half ago, and a sense of deep healing as a result. Along with it came strong realization of self-forgiveness and release of long-held mistaken guilt. What else could it be?

Will this last? I hope so. Maybe I will need to forgive myself 70 times 7 as the saying goes, but the past week has been amazing. I don't know how this has happened other than I worked the program and have stuck with it.

I have finally gotten it through my head also, that I cannot do it alone, can't maintain it alone. I've accepted I need other people to walk this journey; have finally learned what that means in a deeper way. It's an exciting journey.

Thanks for being here.