For Today: April 7th

For Today: April 7^th

A cloak is not made for a single shower of rain.

Italian proverb

OA is as warm and safe as a cloak. I am glad for its protection, and I need it as much now as I did in the beginning although perhaps not in the same way. When I first found OA, people shared gut feelings and then told me, “Let us love you until you can love yourself.” And I grew; I came to care for myself and to like the person I am.

Have I let complacency creep into my thinking? When I don’t feel like going to a meeting, do I tell myself that they don’t need me? At such times, I remember what it is like to be a compulsive overeater with no idea that the recovery I have today is possible. Will I be there when such a person needs to see a miracle like the ones that walked and talked at my first meeting?

For Today: How can I best help another compulsive overeater? By going to the meeting, whether I feel like it or not.
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Complacency will kill off my program every time. Whether I 'feel like it' or not is irrelevant.....I have to do what I have to do to stay on track. That includes sticking to my Food Plan, exercising, and staying in contact with other compulsive overeaters for support.

Every day is a new day to learn, to grow, and to make new discoveries based on what others share with me.  I can learn as much, if not more, from a beggar as I can from a prince.


For today, I pray to avoid complacency and to work my program to the best of my ability. With God's help, I can do ANYTHING!