For Today: May 14th

He that is too secure is not safe.

Thomas Fuller

Whether I have been abstinent twelve hours or twelve years,  I never have it made. Today’s recovery is all I have. A compulsive overeater who has had any kind of dieting career knows all too well how suddenly all the wonderful plans come crashing down.

The one-day-at-a-time philosophy of Overeaters Anonymous is insurance against complacency. It guards against my projecting anything beyond this twenty-four hours. I know I am abstinent today, but I cannot tell what I will do tomorrow. That is the attitude that keeps me gratefully abstinent.

For Today: I am sure only of this day’s abstinence. I have no need to plan tomorrow’s abstinence or weight loss.

As a ‘professional dieter’, I know all too well about wonderful plans crashing down. Over & over I’ve seen that happen during my dozens of failed weight loss schemes. Oh, I could lose the weight, only to watch it pile back on EVERY single time.

Until I found OA, I had never heard of the one-day-at-a-time philosophy but it has made a huge difference with my recovery. Yesterday is gone and tomorrow isn’t here yet, so all I have to worry about is Today.

For the next 24 hours, I can do ANYTHING!

I have no need to worry about anything more than that. 

For today, I pray to stay true to my food plan & let tomorrow take care of itself.