When we belong to ourselves instead of the refrigerator, we marvel at our new freedom. Where once we were enslaved by binge food, we now begin to enjoy the promises of recovery.
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
“Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us. They will always materialize if we work for them.”
The work of recovery begins when we start to hear the message our body sends: We are powerless over addictive foods. In recovery we finally begin to comprehend what our body already knows.
Today’s Meditation from:
Food Addiction: The Body Knows by Kay Sheppard
