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RECOVERY MEDITATIONS
One Day at a Time

~ BEING JOYFUL ~

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As I stumble through this life, help me
to create more laughter than tears.
Never let me become so indifferent that
I will fail to see the wonder in the
eyes of a child.

Never let me forget that my total effort
is to cheer people, make them forget, at
least momentarily, the unpleasantness in
their lives. And in my final moment,
may I hear You whisper: "When you made
My people smile, you made Me smile."

A Clown's Prayer (Author Unknown)

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I have made so many people angry with
me, so many people cry, so many people
worry and despair of me. So many people
have been resentful of me. My disease
dictated how I lived my life, if you
could call it living.

Then I came to this program and I found
a new way to live, and I found joy such
as I have never found before,
anywhere. The program taught me not to
take life so seriously. The Big Book of
AA tells me on page 132, "But we are not
a glum lot. If newcomers could see no
joy or fun in our existence, they
wouldn't want it. We absolutely insist
on enjoying life." I need to remember
that. I need to work my steps, stay in
conscious contact with my Higher Power,
but boy oh boy, do I ever need to
remember that I need to learn that I am
not a bad person getting good, just a
sick person getting well. Even sick
people have fun. I'm a sick person
recovering on a daily basis from a
terminal disease that was killing me,
but recovery snatched me from the brink
of death. Now I can't help but see the
beauty of this crazy, wonderful world we
live in.

ONE DAY AT A TIME . . .

I am warmed and my heart sings at the
thought that today I have made someone
smile. Please, dear God, let me continue
to do so.

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http://www.therecoverygroup.org/meditations/f ebruary.html

Hi Jerichocheyenne,

      Thank you on your adivice on how I relate pleasant memories to type of food I eat during a binge . Do you have any books you can recomend to me on emotionally eating? I never thought of myself as an binge eater. I realize there is specific foods I lose control on.

     The thing I find the most frustrating is the fact I quit drinking and smoking so know food replaces my addiction. The hard part is trying to figure out this demon that I am repressing. It seems like when I deal with one issue there seems to be another lurking in the shadows. I believe the problem to solving binge eating is understanding is dealing with the demon inside. The analgy  in AA is quiting drinking is the easy part. It is dealing with those demons that will keep you sober. I have heard emotional eating is like addiction. My mother and her mother suffers from the same infliction. I know self esteem is one of my demons.

Hello,

    I find this interesting subject on binge eating. I went on a diet with Slim 4 Life with a 1300 calorie diet. I found myself constantly hungry all the time so I would end up binge eating. I am not sure if my hunger was part of nicotine withdrawal since I quite smoking at the same time. I do know that I will eat if I feeling depressed. I believe food has replace alcohol and cigarettes. I used to binge eat when I was younger too.

   I read a book on emotional eating. I found out that night time is the prime time for binge eating due to low energy. Food provides energy so it make you feel better. The book recomended some type of exercise like walking will help curb the hunger.

    I am trying to beat the hunger this time by eating calories at my goal weight. It is 2400 calories. I am on day 2. I am not that hungry however, I do feel that I can eat much more. I am surprised how many calories I consume when I make an effort to record them. I bet I can eat 5000 more on a regular basis. I am not exercising right now due to an car accident. I have really put on a lot of weight. I will be doing a mood journal if my hunger seems to continue to see what triggers my binging.