Wed.For Today

Since 'Starting Your Day Right' isn't allowed, than I thought I would post from OA's daily readings. Novemeber 9th, Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. James Baldwin Are there any compulsive overeaters who do not want to be free of the consequences of their disease? No one wants to suffer the effects of obesity and/or enslavement to food. but the real question is, am I willing to give up the temporary oblivion food provides? That crutch enabled me to hobble through life when nothing else seemed to help. Yes, the thought of losing that crutch is frightening. But in Overeaters Anonymous, no one is asking me to give up the food and go out and try to make it as a normal eater. Instead, they give me the one soulution OA has: the twelve- step program of recovery. Step one administers the first dose of truth: I am powerless over food; and steps two and three tell me what to do about that powerlesness. For today: I surrender my crutch of food to a Power greater than myself, which is doing for me what I could never do for myself.