Wednesday, February 1, 2017

On the Brink

I am as close to taking that first compulsive bite today as I was on the day I came into program if I am not living in the present and aware that I am a compulsive overeater. - Voices of Recovery, January 31.
The quote begins frighteningly but reverses,
becoming an assurance. If  I'm living for today,
one day at a time, if I have surrendered to a Power
greater than I, if I know deep in my heart
I'm a compulsive overeater,
likely to fall into the chasm, powerless over food
and living an unmanageable life... If that ceases to be true,
I am as close to taking that first compulsive bite today
as I was on the day I came into program!

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