For Today: December 23rd

True ambition is not what we thought it was.  True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.

Bill W.

My worth as a human being----and, yes, my happiness---is not measured in money or position or in what I own.  It comes from my usefulness to myself and others, and it is to be found in something no amount of money or prestige can by: the OA program of recovery.

What price a new quality of thought?  Today I am teachable, with freedom to grow, to change, to resolve problems and feel good.  Where is that for sale?  A good day is when I can use my gifts to help another person, and that can’t be bought.  Worldly acquisitions may give me the appearance of feeling good, but that’s all they give---appearance----and today I know the difference.

For Today:  When I get caught up in materialistic values and think that money or position will fix me, I remind myself that neither money nor position could have given me what I received in OA.

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Recovery from compulsive overeating has nothing to do with money or position in life.  It has everything to do with spiritual enlightenment.  


What price a new quality of thought?  Where once i was bogged down with twisted thinking, I am now free to learn a whole new way and to be a whole new me!


Things are not important; all that really matters in life comes from the capacity to love and to give back.  Without that ability, all the money in the world and all the things in the world have no value whatsoever.


For today, I am grateful for my family and friends.  The quality of life I enjoy because of my loved ones, no food on earth can TOUCH.