Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-31-2014, 01:39 AM
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As they say, insanity is doing the same thing...
As they say, insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
A good example for insanity, is eating more, when what you already have eaten is enough. That disease...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-30-2014, 04:31 AM
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-29-2014, 01:09 PM
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-28-2014, 02:24 AM
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-27-2014, 12:16 PM
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Thursday, March 27, 2014
You are reading...
Thursday, March 27, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Finding Our Place
I did not create this world, nor did I create myself. I do not know what the outcome of my life will...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-26-2014, 05:11 AM
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-25-2014, 04:56 AM
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
You are reading from...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Living Day by Day
"Life by the mile is a trial; by the inch it's a cinch." In the past, we got into trouble when we...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-24-2014, 02:56 AM
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Monday, March 24, 2014
You are reading from...
Monday, March 24, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Action
Ours is a program of Action. It does no good to develop new awareness if we do not take appropriate new actions....
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-23-2014, 10:44 AM
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For me, recovery is having that new awareness. ...
For me, recovery is having that new awareness. How can I heal and change what I don't know why I need heal and change? As we detox our body, from all substances, we have new awareness and can life...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-22-2014, 01:20 AM
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Saturday, March 22, 2014
You are reading...
Saturday, March 22, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Abstinence Is a Way of Life
Each morning when we wake up, we give thanks for another day of abstinence. Our bodies...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-21-2014, 02:01 AM
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Friday, March 21, 2014
You are reading from...
Friday, March 21, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Letting Go
By admitting that we are unable to manage our own lives, we become ready to let a Higher Power take over....
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-20-2014, 11:54 AM
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Where I found my most layers, was areas that I...
Where I found my most layers, was areas that I had been in total denial about. Not only my addiction, but the fact that I had a problem at all. It was about the other person, not me. I had to peel...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-19-2014, 03:27 PM
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-18-2014, 06:37 PM
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014
You are reading from...
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
A New World
Being abstinent puts us into a new world. Instead of trying to cheat ourselves and get away with it, we...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-17-2014, 11:26 AM
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Monday, March 17, 2014
You are reading from...
Monday, March 17, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Vulnerability
When we stop doping ourselves with unnecessary food, we become vulnerable. We have been using extra food...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-16-2014, 01:07 AM
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Sunday, March 16, 2014
You are reading from...
Sunday, March 16, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Difficult Times
When we have hard things to do, we especially need our abstinence. We know from experience that...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-15-2014, 04:17 AM
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Saturday, March 15, 2014
You are reading...
Saturday, March 15, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Keep Planning
Maintaining our abstinence means that we continue to plan our three measured meals each day. To leave...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-14-2014, 04:25 AM
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-13-2014, 07:12 AM
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Thursday, March 13, 2014
You are reading...
Thursday, March 13, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
No More Diets
OA is not another diet club. Abstinence is not something we go on for a while, until we achieve a...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-12-2014, 01:20 PM
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-11-2014, 10:06 AM
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This is why I like discussion meetings. ...
This is why I like discussion meetings. Listening to others share enlightened me. At a speaker meeting, if I didn't like the message I could shut out the messenger, but if I go to a discussion, I...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-10-2014, 01:30 AM
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Monday, March 10, 2014
You are reading from...
Monday, March 10, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Fellowship
Compulsive overeating is a lonely activity. The more we eat, the more we isolate ourselves from other people...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-10-2014, 01:30 AM
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So true, some how we get to thinking it is our...
So true, some how we get to thinking it is our due. That 'Ah' feeling we get when our drug of choice hits bottom, is hard to forget. I had to remember, that it kept taking more and more to reach...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-08-2014, 05:08 AM
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As they say, what is normal? A cycle on the...
As they say, what is normal? A cycle on the washing machine. My attitude often says, "It all comes out in the wash!"
With my Fibromyalgia, sleeping disorder and chronic pain, my meals are not...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-07-2014, 02:45 AM
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Friday, March 7, 2014
You are reading from...
Friday, March 7, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Accepting Abstinence
Abstinence is not so much something we achieve as it is a gift from our Higher Power. It is given to...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-06-2014, 04:51 PM
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Thursday, March 6, 2014
You are reading from...
Thursday, March 6, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Living Now
When we were eating compulsively, we left the here and now. We escaped into fantasy, and we were often...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-05-2014, 07:41 AM
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Can just hear them now, if I allow them to play...
Can just hear them now, if I allow them to play in my head. When I press play, instead of deleting them or fast forward, I heard those words, "Eat what's on your plate, some people are starving in...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-04-2014, 01:34 AM
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
You are reading from...
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Doing What Feels Good
Doing anything as long as it feels good is a trap. We like to eat for the sheer sensual pleasure...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-03-2014, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 17,207
Monday, March 3, 2014
You are reading from...
Monday, March 3, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Precision
For the success of our program, many of us have found that it is important to be precise when we weigh and...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-02-2014, 09:13 PM
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Views: 17,207
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
03-01-2014, 06:45 AM
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Views: 17,207
Eating Disorders - OA March 2014
Saturday, March 1, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Other People's Problems
Sometimes we wear ourselves out trying to solve another person's problem. Is this not perhaps a...
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