The Newcomer

She came in today, first meeting,
December 17^th. Tough time,
a week before Christmas Eve.
Who starts Overeaters Anonymous then??
Well, I did. Seven years ago.
The best decision I ever made.
The whole world starts a diet
fifteen days later, the reasonable day.
But those fifteen days, twenty-one thousand
six hundred minutes...
That much recovery can be the very best gift
of the Christmas season.
I know. For I came into the rooms
December 17, 2006.
Recovery happens the day it happens
not when we decide to will it to.