I'm looking for ideas on Step 10..... and liked this simple one I came across today, asking 3 questions that cover the different aspects of my disease:
- Where am I physically?
Eg - Am I tired or unwell? Do I have a foodplan? Is it working for me?
- Where am I spiritually?
Eg - Have I prayed and meditated? How I am working my program? Am I staying in touch with other members of program?
- Where am I emotionally?
Eg - Am I angry or upset? Resentful? Content?
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ReplyDeleteThanks for this blog. I've been listening to OA speakers from itunes, but I'm at work and can't. It sucks to be a compulsive overeater. I feel so weird and strange and different then others. Why can't I have birthday cake with everyone else? Why do I feel the need to shove it fast when no one is looking and then figure I've blown it so I might as well start my abstinence again tomorrow? Such sick stuff. I'm not alone. I know that and that helps. Thanks.
Thank you - and you are not alone. There are many of us, and we are all trying to recover. I find I need to focus on what I can have, not what I can't have to avoid that poor me feeling around food. I buy and make myself lots of lovely and healthy food - I am not on a diet I am just abstaining from binge foods and compulsive overeating. Somedays I do notice that everyone else gets to eat cakes, but other days I don't. I just need to look after myself on those days, and remind myself that no food can fill the hole I am trying to fill with compulsive overeating. Good luck and thanks.
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