For Today: November 16th

There is no security on this earth---there is only opportunity.

Douglas MacArthur

We who are recovering from compulsive overeating believe that we “never have it made.”  But we also know that each day is an opportunity to begin anew. 

Recovery is for those who want it and are willing to grab hold of every opportunity to achieve it.

There are no guarantees that we will be free of our disease six months or a year from now.  Recovery, like abstinence, is attained one day at a time.

For Today:  OA offers opportunity, not guarantees.
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I have to want recovery in order to go after it...........otherwise, I will not make abstinence my number one priority and I will look for situations TO overeat. 

"Going to any lengths" means going out of my way quite often.  It means staying away from situations I know will be dangerous for me.  It means ignoring off plan food and not sniffing it or eyeballing it because if I do that often enough, I WILL eat it.  And once I let the COE beast out of the cage, he can be impossible to reel back in.


Every day is a new opportunity to commit myself to my program of recovery.  I only have to deal with one 24 hour period of time at once.........I don't project about tomorrow or the next holiday; I take it one day at a time.


Although I was free of my disease yesterday, there is no guarantee that I will be free of it today.  


For today, I will work my program to the best of my ability; I will not feel sorry for myself that I 'can't' eat this or that; I will stay the course and ask God to guide me, every step of the way.