Food for Thought: April 15th

A Daily Reprieve

Through the grace of our Higher Power and by means of the OA program, we compulsive overeaters are given a daily reprieve from our disease. This reprieve, however, is dependent on our spiritual condition. If we do not stay in touch with our Higher Power and if we do not practice the OA principles each day, we lose the reprieve and fall into compulsive overeating.

Our program comes first; other concerns are secondary. OA is not something which we can tack on to our schedule when it is convenient. To be effective, it requires top priority. This does not mean that we spend all of our time involved in OA activities. It does mean that all of our activities are guided by spiritual principles.

Impossible? Only if we refuse to turn our lives over to our Higher Power. When He is in control, our work, recreation, and rest all come under His direction. We are spiritually in tune each day and safe from our disease.

Thank You for saving me from my disease today.

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

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Abstinence MUST come first in my life; everything else that's good trickles down from THERE.  Going to any length to preserve my program means just that: I will go to ANY length to keep abstinence on the top of my priority list. Whether I 'feel like it' or not, I DO it.  Whether it's convenient or not, I DO it. If I have to go out of my way to stay abstinent, I DO it. If that means avoiding a pot luck luncheon or a dinner out, I DO it. 

Whatever it TAKES is what's required.

Abstinence from compulsive overeating comes FIRST.

When I stay spiritually connected is when I thrive.  When I put my spiritual principles FIRST in my life, then the eating naturally falls into place.

I can be saved from my disease today by following 12 small steps.

Impossible, you say? Only if I refuse to turn my life *and my will* over to God.  When He is in control, my work, recreation and everything else come under His direction.  I am spiritually in tune today & safe from my disease.

For today, I put my life in His hands and enjoy freedom.