I need protection against the arrogant, willful delusion that "This time I will be able to handle it; this time I will get away with cheating just a little bit." How can I protect myself? Step One says that we are powerless ... From sad experience, I know this to be a fact. Step Two says that we "Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." My protection comes from this Higher Power. ~Food for Thought
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Today I am grateful...
- that yesterday I started on a more normal eating plan--not quite so restrictive
- that I stopped in yesterday just as the meeting was ending for some fellowship, and I got it
- that today I do not have to convince you my life is good in an effort to convince myself
- for the courage to change the things I can
- for resisted temptations
Life takes on new meaning in A.A. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends--this is an experience not to be missed. ~p. 89
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I want a normal eating plan.
I hope you have a FABULOUS Tuesday my precious friend.
I needed that food for thought today, thank you!
I was thinking about Andrew today.
The Food for Thought says it all.
When will he ask for protection..
I need a normal eating plan. Can I have yours? Will you lose weight for me? Thanks brother So.
"that today I do not have to convince you my life is good in an effort to convince myself"
Amen. Exactly what I needed to hear/read today. Thanks, Scott!
Good quotes today. I never tire of reading about Step One or for that matter, any of the steps. What's a normal eating plan?
I have had this experience several times in different cities:
"to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends--this is an experience not to be missed. ~p. 89
Thanks. I forget.......
Nice perspectives, nice thoughts, nice post...
Syd, a plan following Atkin's Induction. Not the super restrictive plan I have been on. I will go back to it in six weeks. And then for 23 or 40 days depending on how I do.
Life takes on new meaning in A.A.
Amen to that! I may not have come as close to death as some, but it was close enough for me. I certainly had little hope of actually enjoying life again, but it is better now than ever before.
that today I do not have to convince you my life is good in an effort to convince myself
well said!
If Atkins induction is normal, I would hate to see what you have been eating. Aye.
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