Sat. Food For Thought

December 3rd, Insanity The longer we maintain abstinece from compulsive overeating, the more we realize how insane we were before we found OA. Our withdrawl from people and reality into eating to excess was definitely not a sane way to live. As we work the Steps of this program, we see that many of our thoughts and attitudes were as insane as our destructive behavoir. It is our Higher Power *****stores us to sanity, but He requires our surrender and cooperation. We can actively seek out the people and experiences which are life-enhancing rather than detrimental to our mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. The activities and associations which went along with our compulsive overeating in the past may have to be eliminated if we are to enjoy a sane, sober life in the present and future. Continuing to beat our heads against the brick walls of past failures is insanity. We have a new life to live, provided we relinquish the attitudes and behavior which we now know to be insane. Preserve us from old insanities. Reading by Hazelden Meditations Series