Diary of a Food-FighterAlcoholics Anonymous
The Big Book’s “Food Plan”
The following is an excerpt from The Big Book, pages 133-134: “One of the many doctors who had the opportunity of reading this book in manuscript form told us that the use of sweets was often helpful, of course depending upon a doctor’s advice. He thought that all alcoholics should constantly have chocolates available for …
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 …
