For Today: October 23rd

Fighting the disease of compulsive overeating is fighting myself.  That struggle gave me a deep appreciation of the peace I found in OA.  That is one reason not to regret what I had to go through to get here.

Being human, however, I still bring discord into my life: I sometimes get angry over my own and others’ mistakes; I argue over minor matters as though my life depended on it; I eat too much and hate myself for it.

Thank God, I can accept all that today.  I am a human being and a compulsive overeater recovering one day at a time.

For Today:  I am aware of the progress I have made in this program.  My moments of discord show me how great my blessings are.

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I work with a woman who LOVES to argue.  Sometimes, I find myself arguing as if MY life depended on it!  When I see myself doing that, I stop……..I step back from the situation, recognizing the absurdity of it all, and I wind up agreeing with whatever this woman is babbling about.  In the end, it’s a whole lot easier to say OK than it is to argue.

Right or wrong is irrelevant.  In the grand scheme of things, WHO CARES who’s ‘right’ or who’s ‘wrong?’  I no longer feel the need to know everything, or to run the world according to MY wishes.  Trying to run things ‘my way’ gets me in trouble every time, and sets me up for chronic misery and disappointment.  Next thing I know, I’m thinking about heading off to the vending machine for a ‘snack’……………….

For today, I pray for the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; the wisdom to know the difference…………….

And……………….

The strength of character to let go of an argument, even when I’m ‘right’.

Especially when I’m right.