Act Your Way into Right Thinking
The OA program is one of action. For years, many of us have tried to analyze why we overate. The fact is that no amount of thinking will change our habits. To change, we must act.
We act by writing down a food plan, by picking up the telephone and calling a food sponsor, by going to a meeting. We act by buying the kind of food we need for our program. We act by planning our day so that we spend as little time as possible in the kitchen during those periods when we are likely to be tempted.
We act by walking away from food, which is not on our plan.
As we work the Twelve Steps, we take actions, which result in concrete character changes. As we take the right action, our thinking changes and right thoughts come. But first we must act. What actions shall I take today?
Lord, direct my actions.
The OA program is one of action. For years, many of us have tried to analyze why we overate. The fact is that no amount of thinking will change our habits. To change, we must act.
We act by writing down a food plan, by picking up the telephone and calling a food sponsor, by going to a meeting. We act by buying the kind of food we need for our program. We act by planning our day so that we spend as little time as possible in the kitchen during those periods when we are likely to be tempted.
We act by walking away from food, which is not on our plan.
As we work the Twelve Steps, we take actions, which result in concrete character changes. As we take the right action, our thinking changes and right thoughts come. But first we must act. What actions shall I take today?
Lord, direct my actions.
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Going to any lengths to preserve our abstinence..............that's what it TAKES so that's what we DO.
Good actions create good thoughts, not the other way around. I can think about abstinence until the cows come home..........but it's the action I take that makes abstinence a reality instead of a dream.
I stay out of dangerous situations that I know may threaten my program. Safeway I can't go into.........for me, it's like a crackhouse for some reason. It doesn't matter WHY...............all that matters is I stay OUT of that store!!!
When someone brings junk food into the office, I don't even look at it. If I do, I risk eating it, because I put the thought into my MIND.............then it can be hard to get RID of said thought............so I don't go there to begin with.
For today, I will ACT myself into healthy THINKING.
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