For Today: May 3rd

For Today: May 3^rd

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

Euripides

Rock bottom is a place where change becomes a dire necessity. I must change or die. The strength of that necessity drove me to Overeaters Anonymous, pried open my closed mind and let in visions of a life beyond my wildest imaginings.

Today, my admission of powerlessness is the dire necessity that gives me the strength I need to go on living and functioning as a responsible, contributing member of society. I am abstinent, I work the twelve-step program of recovery as well as I can each day, I go to meetings and I stay in touch with other OA members.

For Today: Nothing gives me more strength than abstinence. It is the Number One necessity in my life.

I am grateful for Rock Bottom. Without it, I never would have been able to embrace the concepts of powerlessness & surrender via the 12 Steps.  I believe that’s what I needed to DO, to hit rock bottom, in order to start the healing process of recovery.

I was unhappy with myself, my eating habits, my childlike approach to life in general. The Steps taught me how to LIVE, free from the burden of obsession and addiction, through abstinence.  Truly, OA pried open my closed mind & allowed me to experience windows of pure joy that grow larger and larger as time goes on.

OA helped me to grow into an adult rather than to stay stuck in a 5 year old mentality, where I had to get what I wanted at all times. OA taught me to appreciate what I have rather than look for more.  There is no pleasure in excess; there is only obsession.

For today, I thank God for leading me to this program of recovery where life is SO much better than I ever imagined it could be.