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Tuesday, November 11, 2014
You are reading from the book Food for Thought
Asking Directions
When we do not know which way to turn, let us not be too proud to ask for directions. We have found our way to a program, which can guide us out of the confusion of compulsive overeating into an ordered, satisfying way of life. In OA, there are people who can give us the directions we need, if we will ask for help.
There is much that we can do on our own thoroughly studying the literature, planning our three meals a day, establishing firm contact with our Higher Power. When we hit a snag, however, or are unsure of how to handle a difficult situation, we need to promptly seek the assistance our group provides. In order to receive help, we usually need to ask for it.
The illusion that we knew how to manage our lives and did not have to follow anyone else's directions was one of the causes of our difficulties with food and with life in general. Admitting that by ourselves we are powerless enables us to ask for the directions we need.
I ask for Your directions. Lord.
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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 thanks to this program, we can recognize when we are heading that way, we can stop and turn around and not go the whole route, get to a dead end, or take a detour. We can turn our life around with some good orderly direction if we but surrender to the program and just ask for help.