Recovery Meditations: September 21st

~ New Worlds ~

Each friend represents a world in us,
a world possibly not born until they arrive,
and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

Anais Nin


Most of us are so compulsive at almost everything we do, that allowing people in to know our garbage of the past and present is unheard of.

You go to a meeting, find a new recovery friend and that friend opens a new door. You and that friend step through and WOW ... the world in that room looks great! Later at another meeting, you meet another recovery friend and another door is opened. You and your two new friends step through and you find an even better world view. This continues to happen meeting after meeting, step after step, room after room and your personal lives begins to look much brighter and more beautiful, like there really is hope.

Funny how it's still the same world but friends, recovery and Higher Power make it a much better worldly view.

One Day at a Time . . .
I will never end this beautiful cycle of finding new worlds as long as I never lose sight of my Higher Power, my recovery friends and my recovery program.

~ Jeanette ~

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Compulsive overeating tends to be a disease of isolation. Why do we refuse to open up & let others into our lives? Since we could not trust ourselves where food was concerned, we had trouble trusting ourselves (or others)  in all aspects of life. We became divided internally and unsure of what we thought or how we felt or how we should act. We may have depended on other people to tell us what we liked, what to do, and how to do it.  And then we may have become resentful because of it!

Shame over our eating habits may also drive us into isolation, making us feel all alone in the world.

Recovery opens a new door, showing us that we are NOT all alone in the world.  We begin to realize that it is safe to open up at a meeting and to share our pain with another.  We see similarities in our stories, and that terrible feeling of uniqueness begins to dissipate, slowly but surely, as we come out of our shell & begin to share ourselves with others. That cloak of secrecy we've shrouded ourselves in suddenly feels unnecessary as we recognize how harmful that behavior has been to us.  We are only as sick as the secrets we keep.

When we give up 'our way' to finally embrace abstinence, we find a whole new world out there waiting for us.  We begin to trust our own instincts & to develop our own viewpoints and then OWN them. The Steps show us how to treat each situation that arises, putting integrity & honesty in the forefront.  We no longer depend on others to tell us what to like or how to feel or how to act.  We begin to trust ourselves again and in doing so, we begin to trust others a little bit more.

For today, I vow to never end this beautiful cycle of finding new worlds to explore.  For today, I will get out of my own head, and not repeat the same cycle of old thoughts that keep me a prisoner.  For today, I will keep an open, receptive mind, allowing that new world to become a better reality.