Mon. Food For Thought

December 12th, Meal By Meal We abstain from compulsive overeating day by day and meal by meal. After breakfast, we do not worry about how we will feel at dinner time. After breakfast we know that we have had an abstinent meal and that we can forget about food until it is time for lunch. If we allow ourselves to start thinking about what we will have for the new meal, and the meal after that, etc., etc., we turn on our obsession. The beauty of abstinence is that it permits us to get from one meal to the next without being constantly preoccupied with food. By abstaining from refined sugars and carbohydrates and our individual binge foods, we no longer have to fight the craving for more. By working the Twelve Steps, we fill our minds with nourishing thoughts which drive out our former obsession with food. This meal, which I have planned, is the only one that concerns me now. I do not need to think about other meals or other foods. I will enjoy this meal, and then I will walk away from food into the rest of my life. Keep me abstinent, meal by meal. Reading by Hazelden Meditation Series