For Today: September 29th

Today is yesterday’s pupil.
Thomas Fuller

My history of compulsive overeating is precious to me.  It teaches me how to live today.  The moment I set foot on the OA path to recovery, I knew that conventional ideas about controlling my food and my weight were out of the my life forever.  If it were not for my great and good teacher, yesterday, I would never have learned that wonderful lesson, which is largely responsible for  keeping me abstinent, thin, happy, joyous and free today.

The fourth-step inventory, taken not once, but repeatedly, allows me to keep yesterday as a teacher on an ongoing basis; and everything I learn advances my recovery.

For Today:  What my experience as a compulsive overeater teaches me is priceless when I use it as this program directs.

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If it were not for the misery of yesterday, how could I appreciate the beauty & freedom of today?  A big factor that keeps me on track with my food plan nowadays is the thought of going back to where I was when I was in the clutches of compulsive overeating.  I wish to move forward with my life and continue growing, not move backwards into the despair of addiction.  

For today, I am grateful for all of my life's experiences that brought me to my knees with fear and misery, because that's what brought me to my knees with God, where I belong.