Diary of a Food-FighterThe 12 Steps of Recovery
Step 1, Part 1: “…we were powerless…”
By virtue of the fact that you are “doing” Step 1, I think it is first important to give credit where credit is due: Congratulations! You have obviously made three very important decisions: to be open-minded about the 12-Step process, to at least try this new approach, and to change from a mindset of perfectionism …
This Is NOT A Moral Issue!
Contained within this category of ‘things-I-wish-I-had-been-told-when-I-first-came-into-program’ are items which WERE told to me, whether directly or indirectly, but that I didn’t “hear” until years later. Such is the case with this idea of morality. For whatever reason, my entire life was spent cowering beneath the shadow of the belief that I was a “bad” person because I could …
What is a “Higher Power?”
In the world of anonymous programs, “Higher Power” refers to anything that you can believe-in that is both outside of yourself and more powerful than yourself. (Of course, it can be argued that your Higher Power dwells inside you, but that is a different topic for a different day.) This Higher Power can be anything …
“Recovering,” “Recovered,” “Cured”: What’s the difference?
After you have a few meetings under your belt and you have listened to several different speakers, you will probably start to notice that some of them say they are “recovering,” others say they have “recovered,” and still others say they are completely “cured.” Is there a difference? To many in program, there actually is. It has been my …
Stop “Measuring” Yourself!
One of the toughest things for food addicts to give-up is our impulse to measure ourselves, whether by getting on a scale, using a measuring tape, counting calories, monitoring our time at the gym, graphing our progress, projecting how long it will take us to lose a certain amount of weight, or marking the number …
