Recovery Daily Dose

“Years ago I used to commiserate with all people who suffered. Now I commiserate only with those who suffer in ignorance, who do not underst...

Whether the parenting we received was good, bad, or indifferent, the responsibility for our lives is now ours....As adults, we become respon...

I set Google Maps to tell my sons where I am then told my husband I had. Hubby thought I'd lied when I hadn't set my new computer to...

I know her well, have for years, But do I know her at all? I'm proud of my long Christian experience and aware, I thought, of the limita...

If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own power. Your self-sufficiency, your selfishness and your ...

These are the words of the Teacher, King Davidʼs son, who ruled in Jerusalem. ~ Ecclesiastes 1:1 (NLT) Solomon, the Teacher? son of...

17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. 18 I...

If your telephone doesn’t ring, pick it up and call someone. ~ L., Elisabeth. Inner Harvest: Daily Meditations for Recovery from Eating Diso...

I am an addict whether I want to be or not. I am an addict whether I work program or not, whether I am abstinent or not, and whether I am in...

A “suggestion of death” means the person is dead. A suggestion of action means action taken. How do you follow the path? By walking the Step...

It’s a Tool I Use Overeaters Anonymous recognizes nine tools: a plan of eating, sponsorship, meetings, telephone, writing, literature, ...

“ ‘You know, Dan,’ he (Dr. Bob) told me, ‘many people coming into A.A. get the wrong conception of “Easy Does It,” and I hope you don’t. It ...

~ Anonymous, Overeaters. For Today (Kindle Locations 91-92). Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.. Kindle Edition. I don't hesitate. I do, howev...

Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pe...

Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. For ...

They're an odd lot, the bunch of folk who’ll meet here tonight. We’d let them have the room free but they insist on paying rent. It’s my...

These poems are fun, have told me things about myself I’d never found. To share them? Pride says yes. Show them off. Humility says get behin...

Remember.... Practice the principles, partake of the promises Providence provides. Twelve Steps, two hundred words a lifetime’s lessons.

There is struggle in the growth process; pride, ego and misused will stand in the way and must be overcome gradually, with understanding and...

As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed! ~ G...

In OA we have no program of diets and exercise, no scales, no magic pills. What we do have to offer is far greater than any of these things—...

Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll.[e] 8 I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my hea...

I feel an important thing to be aware of is that the Power we are all seeking "out there" is also within us and readily available ...

And I want women to get in there with the men in humility before God, not primping before a mirror or chasing the latest fashions but doing ...

when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the...

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasu...

r today: God alone knows how badly I need help in all aspects of my life. I unhesitatingly ask for that help. ~ Anonymous, Overeaters. For T...

Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? ~ Galatians 3:4 (NASB) We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our c...

This is how to influence the nervous, contentious people I know: go to any length to get and keep my own peace of mind. ~ Anonymous, Overeat...

“...there are two kinds of business: my business and none of my business.” ~ Casey , Karen. Let Go Now (p. vii). Mango Media. Kindle Edition...

I’m powerless life unmanageable Help here? Okay, I’m coming

Dear brothers and sisters, I want you to understand that the gospel message I preach is not based on mere human reasoning. I received my mes...

“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I t...

Once we compulsive overeaters truly take the third step, we cannot fail to recover.- OA 12 and 12 What does it mean yup truly take a step? ...