I'd like to share my writing that I did today in my OA book. The reading came from "For Today," page 353. The quote I based my writing off is, "I have done enough 'research' on diet and weight loss programs to know that the program we have in Overeaters Anonymous is not one of them."
Here's what I wrote: I first came to OA thinking I was just going to lose weight - it was going to be another weight loss program. I know it was a 12-step program, and I knew I was a COE, but I truly didn't understand what that meant. I thought I knew it all when I started the meeting, though, and I still have to keep myself in check to be humble. I have to ask myself, am I being helpful, or am I being a know-it-all? I forget we're not a weight-loss club, forget to work the steps. Now I'm trying to get myself on the right track again, working the steps and following my food plan *without* making this a food club. I need to keep humble.
(COE=Compulsive Over Eater)
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