I am Back

Thanks to ever one for the emails asking where I was.  I have been sick and was dx with pnuemonia a couple of weeks ago and did not get on the computer much.  You really can't type and cough ever breath you take.  

For today I am going to start back with the very first step/
Step 1  We admitted we were powerless over  ?  that our lives had become unmanageable.  
For most of us it is food and for some us we have transferred that addiction over to a new one.  I for myself have been working on the new one and boy is it hard.  I still go into that store and will pick up that item 10 times wanting it, but guess what I have started putting it back down after the 10 times and walking out.  It feels wonderful.  

Have a good day and see you tomorrow.   Got to get ready for some more snow and maybe some ice.

The first step is the hardest, but it will begin the process of freeing us.  I do admit that I am powerless over food and other things, but through Christ, I have the strength to walk away. 

Thanks for posting the steps Louise.  I do CR, but AA and CR are very close.   My son's life was saved because someone introduced him to AA.  Love you!

 I have seen wondrous things come out of AA and Al-Anon.  I am the adult child of an alcoholic Mother and Father.  I have NEVER touched alcohol, drugs or tobacco yet I became a food addict.

Louise, please post them again and again and again

Gwen, I agree with you 100%.  These need to be repeated and repeated over and over again.  That is the only way we can remember and keep them fresh in our memory.  If my husband had not had AA and I, Al-anon, along with our high power, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, we would not be together today.  I am very thankful for second chances and given the opportunity to live, love and grow in the Lord.  Without Him, we are nothing.  With Him, All things are POSSIBLE.  Can I get an AMEN???  No one is perfect, and we are not expected to be, because there is only one perfect ONE.

 AMEN!

If not for second and third chances I would not be the person I am today.  Addiction is addiction no matter what kind.  There is NO CURE,  just treatment.  If you fail today, start new tomorrow.

Louise, you are so right in that these steps work for more than AA and Al-Anon.  In fact, my surgeon told me point blank that he had never had a problem with alcohol or drugs BUT he highly recommended the 12-step program for his patients after surgery. 

Gwen look for tomorrow.  You do not have to be an alcholic to use these steps.  We are all a food addict of some fashion or we would not have been where we were.

Thanks Carmen.  I am posting from the Al-Anon book, we do have the other book but they are both so close.   We have been involved in the program for 20 years and it does work if we follow the steps.   So glad that some one told your son about AA, there is people from all walks of life from the very rich to the very poor who walk the walk ever day. 

Louise,

I am sorry you were sick, and I am so glad you are better. 

It is good to see you again!

Kim

So Kim, are you getting excited about Monday?  If you need to vent, we are here for you.  Congratulations on your upcoming surgery on Monday.

Missed you!  Glad you are on the mend!

Kim