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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-30-2014, 03:44 AM
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Posted By MajestyJo
Sunday, November 30, 2014 You are reading...

Sunday, November 30, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought


Survival

We will never make it if we feel we are responsible for solving everyone else's problems. It is tempting...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-29-2014, 07:59 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Saturday, November 29, 2014 You are reading...

Saturday, November 29, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought


Flexibility

If we examine our behavior patterns when we were eating compulsively, we usually find that they...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-28-2014, 11:03 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Friday, November 28, 2014 You are reading...

Friday, November 28, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought


A Strong Father

Many of us understand God in terms of a father, one on whom we can rely no matter what the...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-27-2014, 02:04 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Never forgot the day in treatment when a...

Never forgot the day in treatment when a counsellor asked one of the girls, "What does binge taste like?"

For many, it means many things. For most of us, it is one is too many and a thousand...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-26-2014, 05:04 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 You are...

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought


What Am I Avoiding Now?

If I am becoming preoccupied with thoughts of food and eating, I am probably avoiding...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-25-2014, 08:27 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 You are reading...

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought


Regaining Control

Temporary loss of control resulting in a slip does not need to send us off on a protracted...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-24-2014, 11:38 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Monday, November 24, 2014 You are reading...

Monday, November 24, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought

Principles Before Personalities

One of the strengths of our fellowship lies in the fact that we place principles...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-23-2014, 04:18 PM
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Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Sunday, November 23, 2014 You are reading...

Sunday, November 23, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought


Turning On

Before OA, many of us were in a self-centered rut. We had little enthusiasm for anything except food,...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-22-2014, 08:32 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
The program is applicable to all areas of my...

The program is applicable to all areas of my life. My emotional and mental state as well as my physical and spiritual state of well being.
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-21-2014, 04:11 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
One of the biggest spiritual experiences I had in...

One of the biggest spiritual experiences I had in recovery was hearing someone saying, "I drank to someone's health so often and didn't realize that I was ruining my own." How many times I stuffed...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-20-2014, 07:20 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Old tapes can show themselves up in many ways. ...

Old tapes can show themselves up in many ways. It is up to us to recognize them for what they are. I found it best to erase them an make new ones. I also had to recognize the fact that I was the...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-19-2014, 06:26 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
The word voracious came to mind, and how our...

The word voracious came to mind, and how our addiction can be all consuming and as I like to say, when I get needy, I get greedy.
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-18-2014, 07:55 AM
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Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Amen

Amen
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-17-2014, 10:09 PM
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Posted By MajestyJo
How often I used my bed to escape the reality I...

How often I used my bed to escape the reality I didn't want to face. I am powerless over people, places, and things.
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-16-2014, 02:25 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
The thought that came to mind was, "If you don't...

The thought that came to mind was, "If you don't want to know the truth, don't ask for it! If we don't want to be alive to the truth, there is a good chance of the opposite. We will be dead. My...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-15-2014, 07:59 AM
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Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
What a nice thought to start the day. Haven't...

What a nice thought to start the day. Haven't heard that phrase for a long time. "Your truth shall set you free."

http://rickwarren.org/devotional/english/the-truth-sets-you-free
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-14-2014, 08:29 AM
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Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Like these words. One of my favourite sayings...

Like these words. One of my favourite sayings is, "God is as He reveals Himself to me in today." How can I see Him if I see Him if I have my eyes closed and my blinders on? How can I see His truth...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-13-2014, 02:33 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Like the last line, we can pray and ask our God...

Like the last line, we can pray and ask our God to light our way to what we need to know, to be lead to the awakening and awareness we need to change our habits, to lessen our stress, to reduce our...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-12-2014, 06:15 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
As my sponsor called it, quit trying to figure it...

As my sponsor called it, quit trying to figure it out. Stop intellectualizing, accept, live in the moment, don't look for the whys and how and wheres, and just be.

As I have said before, "One of...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-11-2014, 02:25 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Why wait until we are lost and find ourselves in...

Why wait until we are lost and find ourselves in a place where we don't want to be, before we ask for direction? They say it is the nature of our disease and the fact that we are human; and yet...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-10-2014, 10:11 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
I can't, my God can, just for today, I choose to...

I can't, my God can, just for today, I choose to let Him.
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-09-2014, 05:45 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Never had a birthday party until I was 16. Very...

Never had a birthday party until I was 16. Very few after that as I recall, and in later years I tried to make them special. They were more of a sad time than a good time, more like a time of...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-08-2014, 07:50 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Don't mind clean up my life. I have always had...

Don't mind clean up my life. I have always had issues with cleaning up dishes after a meal. I hate doing dishes and it is a long time thing from my childhood. Perhaps I am a little overdue in...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-07-2014, 07:44 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
My mother was a good cook. She made everything...

My mother was a good cook. She made everything from scratch. Her cakes turned out better than ones made out of one from a cake mix. Yet our cooking relationship was not a good one and I don't...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-06-2014, 03:33 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Acceptance is the key. Fighting only brings...

Acceptance is the key. Fighting only brings more, letting go opens the door to healing.
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-05-2014, 07:46 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Had the thought today about how much of recovery...

Had the thought today about how much of recovery is working on the emotions, and how we deal with them in healthy ways, without using food and other substances to deal with them. Not only about...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-04-2014, 10:12 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
A good thought! Enough for some, may not be...

A good thought! Enough for some, may not be enough for someone else. Trying to define another and being judge and jury, doesn't work. I have problems judging what is good for me, how can I know...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-03-2014, 01:29 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Moderation must be a learned behaviour and/or a...

Moderation must be a learned behaviour and/or a God given gift, it never was a part of my thought process or work behaviour over the years. It was all or nothing at all, in all that I did. Whether...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-02-2014, 09:05 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
Have always believed if you have enough for one,...

Have always believed if you have enough for one, you have enough to feed two.

What we have to give now is enough for today.

An awesome statement, very freeing and very enlightening. My sponsor...
Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery 11-01-2014, 12:45 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 4,264
Posted By MajestyJo
FOOD FOR THOUGHT - OA FOR NOVEMBER 2014

We may love our food, but it doesn't love us back, in fact it can become our worst enemy.
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