Food for Thought: March 9th

No Ultimate "Ah"

When we were overeating, we sought an ultimate experience of satisfaction from food. No matter what kind of food we ate, or how much, we never found that moment of satisfaction, that ultimate "ah." It was always just ahead, in the next bite.

Have we finally realized that the ultimate "ah" which we looked for in food does not exist? No matter what we eat, or how much, it will always elude us. Whatever we are looking for--happiness, success, peace, and fulfillment--it is not to be found in the refrigerator.

We do not promise that working the OA program will bring instant gratification or constant happiness. What we do know is that through the Twelve Steps we are given positive experiences which we did not have before OA. We are happier, more successful, more at peace, and more fulfilled than we ever were before we found this program.

By realizing that food holds no ultimate "ah," we can stop destroying ourselves by chasing a rainbow which does not exist.

May I stop searching for happiness where it is not to be found.

From Food for Thought: Daily Meditations for Overeaters by Elisabeth L. ©1980, 1992 by Hazelden Foundation.

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The moment of satisfaction would be found just ahead, in the next bite.  Now THERE is an "Ah".............the fact of the LIE! There is no satisfaction EVER to be found in food! I can eat until I'm physically sick, and STILL there is no sense of 'satisfaction'.............no ultimate "Ah".

And THAT, my friends, is the ultimate "Ah"................the knowledge that happiness, success, peace and fulfillment is not to be found in the refrigerator.

Peace & Happiness comes from within.  OA teaches us, via the Steps, to FIND this inner peace that seems to be so elusive.

We've tried finding it in food, to no avail, what say we try a new and different way?