The Narrow Path
Abstinence is the narrow path that leads out of the swamp of compulsive overeating. If we allow ourselves to deviate from the path, we immediately put ourselves on slippery ground and run the risk of falling into a bog of quicksand.
The longer we maintain firm abstinence, the more sure our steps become as we walk away from the crippling effects of our disease. It is so much easier to stay on the narrow path than to slip off and have to find it again. Without abstinence, we compulsive overeaters are lost.
If abstinence is not the most important thing in our lives, then food becomes our number one priority, and we gradually destroy ourselves.
Guide my steps, I pray, on the narrow path of abstinence.
From Food for Thought: Daily Meditations for Overeaters by Elisabeth L.
©1980, 1992 by Hazelden Foundation.Abstinence is the narrow path that leads out of the swamp of compulsive overeating. If we allow ourselves to deviate from the path, we immediately put ourselves on slippery ground and run the risk of falling into a bog of quicksand.
The longer we maintain firm abstinence, the more sure our steps become as we walk away from the crippling effects of our disease. It is so much easier to stay on the narrow path than to slip off and have to find it again. Without abstinence, we compulsive overeaters are lost.
If abstinence is not the most important thing in our lives, then food becomes our number one priority, and we gradually destroy ourselves.
Guide my steps, I pray, on the narrow path of abstinence.
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SLIP=Sobriety Lost It's Priority
I put abstinence #1 in my life. If I don't, I run the risk of falling into a bog of quicksand. Aka: falling headfirst into a chocolate cake. If that happens, I begin to gradually destroy myself.
The "one is too many and a million is not enough" mentality kicks in. Taking that FIRST compulsive bite is when I step off the road of sanity, and into the chaos of my disease.
Make no mistake: compulsive overeating IS a chaotic disease; one that can and will destroy a person in short order. Making food the #1 priority is total insanity, and it prevents me from living LIFE. COE affects every area of my life, also.
If I am not abstinent, I am not exercising, cleaning, or keeping order ANYWHERE else in my life. My outlook is affected, and negativity begins to prevail everywhere. I don't want to get dressed and look good........I'd rather stay in bed and watch TV, hiding out from life, with the covers pulled up over my head.
When I watch these TV shows about 900 lb people who don't leave their beds, and cook meals on hot-plates on their nightstand, I think to myself, "I GET IT." There but for the grace of God go I.
Compulsive overeating has destroyed THEIR life, why can't it destroy MY life?
It can and it will, if I choose to treat my disease casually.
For today, I pray to stay on the narrow path of abstinence, one day at a time.
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