For Today: March 16th

For Today: March 16^th

Nothing in life is more wonderful than faith—the one great moving force which we can neither weigh in the balance nor test in the crucible.

Sir William Osler

I never saw it, touched it, smelled it, swallowed it with water or had it injected into me with a hypodermic needle. But it brought about what no pill, no shot, no book, no lecture, no prayer had ever been able to do. It broke my compulsion.

“It,” of course, is faith. From the moment I stepped in the door of my first meeting, OA gave me faith that this program would work for me. I believed, against all the odds, that it would work---and it did.

My faith in the power of the twelve-step program is stronger than ever. It has never failed me, and it will not fail anyone who can put aside doubt.

For Today: Compulsive overeating is no match for the twelve steps. There are people who need to hear that, both in and out of OA.

Before I found OA, faith was THE only thing I didn’t try as a means to lose weight! Whatever scam diet existed, I was first in line to try it! I DID inject it, I swallowed it with and without water, I touched it, smelled it and LIVED it. I was on one cockamamie diet after another for 40 years. 

None of those hare-brained schemes worked for the long term. I always managed to lose some weight & then proceed to gain it back. With additional pounds for good measure.

Not until I applied my faith was I able to get a handle on managing my weight.  I always thought God was too busy listening to ‘more important’ problems than my weight issues. Little did I realize that He had plenty of time to help little old me!

In OA I learned how vital it is for me, as a compulsive overeater, to follow a Food Plan for life, and to ask God to help me stick to it. I work the Steps and in turn, I keep myself honest & OUT of denial. I am aware of what I put into my mouth, and I am aware of what drives me to want to overeat. When I DO want to overeat, I know that something ELSE is bothering me, emotionally, that I am trying to stuff back or ‘fix’ with food. When I look towards food for comfort, I really need to take comfort from my faith & from working the Steps. There’s nothing like a 4^th step inventory to hone in on what’s wrong inside of ME, trying to coax me into overeating.

For today, I pray to never lose sight of my faith in God or my knowledge that He will help me through ANY and ALL of my problems. All I need to do is Believe.

For today, I pray to work my program to the best of my ability, to give my control over to God, and to admit my powerlessness over food on a daily basis. By doing that, I CAN stay the course, one day at a time.