Food for Thought for Over Eaters Anonymous

[MajestyJo]

Thought for the Day

Friday, JULY 6

From the book: Food for Thought

Dual Personalities


It is as if we are each two people. When we are abstaining, we are calm, confident, and capable of handling the demands of every day. When we are in contact with our Higher Power, we have the right mental perspective and God's peace and love in our hearts.

Slipping back into the old attitudes and habits of our compulsive overeating days brings back our frightened, confused, and despairing selves. We lose our ability to function efficiently. We are antagonistic to those around us. Worst of all, we are cut off from the source of strength and light.

Remembering that the negative personality will destroy us makes us more determined not to give in to it. Abstinence, day by day, is our safety. Reliance on the OA group, our Twelve Step program, and our Higher Power keeps us living the good, new life of freedom.

Deliver me from my negative personality.

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I was told that I had three personalities. not sure what they were, my thought was "positive, negative, and where did this come from." i figured my Higher Power, my Lower Power, and the isms of my disease i/self/me/