FOOD FOR THOUGHT - OA OCTOBER

[MajestyJo]

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought

Learning from Mistakes

We can learn from our mistakes so that we do not have to make the same ones over and over again. If a particular attitude or situation consistently makes it difficult for us to follow our food plan, then that attitude or situation needs to be changed. Slips do not just happen. They indicate that something is wrong with our program and that we have not yet learned what we need to know about ourselves.

Being aware of the circumstances, which make us vulnerable to overeating, helps us to be prepared for temptation and to find ways to avoid it wherever possible. If there are certain foods, which we cannot resist, thy onen we should not have those foods available. If trying to do too much makes us tired and emotionally upset, then we need to be less ambitious and learn to delegate responsibility. Compulsive overeating or emotional bingeing indicates that we are not living in a way, which satisfies our basic needs.

Lord, may we learn from our mistakes.

Had a wee smile when I saw this, I thought, "You don't have my memory."

One thing I found that with recovery, when I go to a meeting, everything is repeated, and if I listen, the words are there, and I am reminded and I don't have to rely on my own shortcomings.

When I turn my day over to my Higher Power, the words and thoughts are given to me, and if I am in tune with my God and living in the moment and not using things to escape reality, then I will learn and not have to repeat the old, and the new will be a natural part of my being.