FOOD FOR THOUGHT- OA/AUGUST 2014

[MajestyJo]

Monday, August 11, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought

Sloppy Thinking

If we begin to entertain thoughts of slight deviations from our food plan, thoughts of former binge foods, thoughts that maybe once in a while we could eat "normally," we put ourselves on shaky ground. Our disease is never cured, and sloppy thinking can lead to a weakening or loss of control.

"Normal" eating for us is abstinence. Our food plan is what saves us from bizarre eating behavior. There is no such thing as taking a vacation from abstinence.

The less we think about food, the better off we are. To remember the so-called pleasure we once associated with certain foods may cause us to forget the inevitable pain and anguish which eating them eventually produced. We do not want to ever return to the misery of compulsive overeating.

Giving our minds to our Higher Power ensures positive, healthy thinking.

Take my thoughts, Lord, and straighten them out.

Never thought of my thoughts as sloppy. If I think about it, if I don't stop to Hesitate and Meditate before I speak, they could certainly come out that way.

Not too big on organizing and discipline, as I believe in prayer and praying and asking my God for the words I need to say and the clarity and the knowing I need each day. My life is very much going with the flow. I am aware though that the second half of Step One, says my life is unmanageable. My life is unmanageable when managed by me. Control is an illusion. They say we can plan, but don't plan the outcome. That is good when not taken to the extreme because we want to control, people, places and things.

When I try to control my eating, I still think more. I believe that comes under God's Good Orderly Direction.