Before You Take That First Compulsive Bite: Quiet My Mind

Saturday 24 April 2010

Quiet My Mind

I read the perfect prayer for me this week, really reminded me that when I am not in a spiritually fit condition my busy head will take over my life. HP help me to quiet my mind.

Dear Lord,

Teach me to quiet my mind.
Stop my thoughts from racing from one thing to another.
Stop me from the obsessive thinking about the lives of others.
Help me rest and quiet my mind.
Help me let go of trying to control the lives of others.
Free my mind to be at rest.
This I pray.

Pray from The 12 Step Prayer Book Volume 2 by Bill P. and Lisa D. Copyright 2007 by Hazelden Foundation

1 comment:

Curtis14 May 2010 at 05:26
Thanks, reading your blog in this moment has helped me to avoid a binge. I am new to OA recovery and am inspired by your efforts.

Thanks, Curtis
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My abstinence

Three moderate meals a day, nothing in between except unsweetened coffee.

No Food with sugar as one of its first 4 ingredients including:
Biscuits
Cake
Chocolate
Sweets

Need to be mindful of eating food that can affect me, if I am not in a good space I need to be careful eating:
Bacon
Crisps
Dried fruit - apricots, prunes, sultanas
Fatty meat
Nuts
White bread

I need to keep my body healthy and happy. I can eat greens such as vegetables and salads, if eaten as part of a meal. Cooking myself healthy and tasty meals, meals that do not have to 'look' like I am on a diet, is an important part of loving self-care.