Before You Take That First Compulsive Bite: I am grateful for...

Monday 26 July 2010

I am grateful for...

a new willingness to work the steps, to work with others and to live my life abstinently.

3 comments:

Anonymous27 July 2010 at 08:02
Good for you :) I've been wondering if someone on the 'inside' could explain the difference between OA and FAA. Are you familiar with both?
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Before You Take That First Compulsive Bite27 July 2010 at 21:15
I know of FAA, but have ever gone so can't explain the difference (fairly). Maybe a visit to both?
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Anonymous4 August 2010 at 10:54
Well, food isn't necessarily my drug of choice (although if I have a sugary treat the rest of the day will be an endless binge-fest, which is why I do avoid sugar) but I think it's a component of the disease of addiction, which I definitely have, and since I blog about addiction (and recovery) I'm curious. I enjoy your site - thanks!
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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.