Eating Disorder

[MajestyJo]

Thursday, January 16, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought

Act Your Way into Right Thinking

The OA program is one of action. For years, many of us have tried to analyze why we overate. The fact is that no amount of thinking will change our habits. To change, we must act.

We act by writing down a food plan, by picking up the telephone and calling a food sponsor, by going to a meeting. We act by buying the kind of food we need for our program. We act by planning our day so that we spend as little time as possible in the kitchen during those periods when we are likely to be tempted.

We act by walking away from food, which is not on our plan.

As we work the Twelve Steps, we take actions, which result in concrete character changes. As we take the right action, our thinking changes and right thoughts come. But first we must act. What actions shall I take today?

Lord, direct my actions.

My sponsor told me to play the tape to the end. Think of what will happen and where the next bite will take you. Found myself in the "I don't care" mode several times over the years and I knew that I was heading for relapse; and I had to get back to basics.

SLIP: Sobriety (Soundness of Mind) Loses It`s Priority.