Recovery Meditations: August 3rd

WORKING IT

“For the things we have to learn
before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”
Aristotle



When I walked into my first Twelve Step meeting I had absolutely no idea what was going on. I knew nothing about the program, the Steps, or how to work them. But I listened, asked questions, and I learned.

One of the most important lessons I learned was that I couldn't just sit around waiting for recovery to take place. I couldn't just ask God for help and do nothing else. I had to put feet to my prayers, as they say. I had to do something. So … slowly, with the help of my sponsor, I took the first Step. And then the second.

I found that I could talk a good game around program folks because I'd learned the lingo. But the saying, “you've got to walk the talk” tells me that I have to do it. I can't just speak my recovery into existence. I found I didn't have recovery until I began working the Steps. It was only when I started “the doing” that the real learning -- and the real recovery -- began.

One Day at a Time . . .
I will take what I learn about recovery
and put it into practice ... I'll work the program.

~ jar

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If I could have spoken my recovery into existence, I would have done so with no sweat, 40 years ago, and spared myself the pain of compulsive dieting! 

While God DOES respond to Knee-Mail, I STILL have to do the footwork to reap the benefits that come with Recovery.

 

Good actions create good thoughts.  When I stay true to my food plan & do the footwork to make it a reality, I reap all the benefits of healthy thinking. 

 

If I don't work my program, I do not enjoy the freedom of Recovery. When I try to do things 'my way,' I'm quickly brought to my knees with the seriousness of my disease.  "My way" got me to 225 lbs, and I can't lose sight of that fact.  If I insist on doing things "my way" again, I may not come out of the food coma until I'm 325 lbs.

 

Committing myself to working the Steps & staying abstinent guarantees Recovery.  If I start to doubt that fact and begin doing things 'my way', I will soon be reminded that I am powerless over food, and my life is unmanageable without abstinence.

 

If I test the theory 100 times, 100 times I will fall into the abyss of compulsive overeating.  Which one of those relapses will I be unable to recover from?  For today, may I never find out the answer to that question.