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The constant thoughts of over-eating, junk food in the breakroom and the power of connection — –these, and many other stories of moving towards recovery. (click the link above)

1. If you fail, never give up because F.A.I.L. means First Attempt at Learning.
2. End is not the end, in fact E.N.D means effort never dies.
3. If you get No as an answer, remember NO means Next Opportunity.
4. H.O.P.E – Happy Our Program Exists
5. R.E.L.A.PS.E – Recovery Exits Life And Program Seems Empty

1. Eat with dignity.
2. Bayou self is not the bayou I need to travel by myself.
3. When we are stressed, we fall back on our training and muscle memory.
4. Humility is remaining teachable.
5. “Avoid loud and aggressive people; they are vexations to the spirit.”

1. YET – you’ll end up there
2. SPONSOR = Sober Person Offering Newcomers Suggestions On Recovery
3. RAGE = Real Angry Gut-level Ego
4. NEW = Nothing Else Worked
5. PAID = Pitiful And Incomprehensible Demoralization

1. Welcome to the club no one wants to join.
2. I’m trying to work the program without giving up control.
3. (for today March 28) If I stop “supervising” my weight loss, it will be taken care of – in God’s time. I pray for the willingness to do that.
4. “We have what we need any time we are willing to” 12&12.
5. Abstinence is like putting an octopus to bed (similar to the whack-a-mole scenario). I would like to add it’s also kind of like putting pajamas on one too.

1. If you feel guilty about something give yourself a pat on the back. That means you’re taking care of yourself.
2. Truth without love is brutality.
3. It is what it is.
4. Food is the last thing to go.
5. I am not the center of the universe.
6. People pleasing is linked to fear.
7. Not everyone in the world likes you.
8. Recovery is an inside job.
9. We don’t recover today by our actions of yesterday. God (HP) consciousness is our 6th sense.
10. I’m not medicating, I’m meditating.
11. Bless them, change me, send them everloving kindness.
12. Pray wait trust. HP has a plan.
13. Instinct plus ego equals addiction.
14. You can’t think yourself into a new way of acting. You have to act yourself into a new way of thinking.

1. The more we get together, together, together…(kids’s song)
2. We’re all stardust but don’t get on your high horse because garbage is stardust too.
3. If you don’t turn around soon, you are going to get where you are going!
4. I can walk through my program through the group.
5. Abstinence is a state of mind that helps me not want to overeat.
6. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. (Big Book p85)
7. Not only will this disease affect our weight and it will wreak havoc on all areas of our life.
8. Live to recover recover to live.
9. The further away from my bottom the more complacent I become.
10. No one is too dumb for this program but you can be too smart.
11. I’m not bad trying to be good but sick trying to get well.
12. True gift of the program is sanity.
13. Stay out of your head. It’s a dangerous neighborhood.

1. The further away from my bottom the more complacent I become.
2. No one is too dumb for this program but you can be too smart.
3. The true gift of the program is sanity.
4. Stay out of your head. It’s a dangerous neighborhood.
5. Do what you say say what you mean but not in a mean way.
6. Working the program not being sprinkled with it.
7. Recovery doesn’t come from sitting in the chair. It comes from working the steps.
8. Oa doesn’t teach us how to handle food. It teaches us how to handle life without food.
9. I make mistakes. I am not the mistake.

Helping a Lady Across the River – A Zen Story

Story: One day while Zen monk Tanzan and a young monk were traveling, they came to a river with a strong current. As they were preparing to cross the river, they saw a young lady in distress also attempting to cross.

Tanzan offered, “Here, let me carry you across,” and placed her down gently on the other side. 

The lady said, “Thank you very much. Goodbye.” The two continued on their journey for more than half a day. 

Finally, the younger monk could not contain himself any longer, and blurted out, “I thought we monks were supposed to avoid women. Why did you just do that?”

“Oh, you mean the woman way back there? I put her down long ago. Are you still carrying her?