OA: Nothing Worth Having Comes Easy
"Those things are dearest to us that have cost us most." - Michel de Montaigne
I paid a very high price to get to OA, and my life of abstinence and sanity are worth more to me than anything. But it is easy to forget. The lonely days of compulsive overeating can become hazy and I can get caught up in the cares of a day, running here, going there. It is easy to drift into old habits and thought patterns that block my usefulness to myself and other. I need to remind myself that the OA program is one of action: going to meetings, working the steps, making twelfth-step calls- all part of my life of abstinence and sanity.
For Today: There is nothing in the world I would take in exchange for what I have in OA. I go to any length to keep it.
This was yesterday's reading, which I felt was particularly important for me at this time. It is one of the most difficult lessons to learn when one is starting on a new fork in the road: Remembering where you've been in the right light.
One does not need to dwell and immerse themselves in it, as I have learned that has only led me to fall deeper into despair.Or worse, become prideful at the distance achieved, and derailing myself by wanting to selfishly claim premature success. More like one needs a rear-view mirror, to see what is behind us as we blast forward into a better, more healthful way of life. It makes us humble, grateful, and profoundly happy to know that what WAS, does not have to BE.
... I am so happy to be apart of the 12 -Step Recovery Programs, so grateful for the people I know in the rooms, and all that I am learning and grasping at.
I for one, think it's gonna be a great ride.
I paid a very high price to get to OA, and my life of abstinence and sanity are worth more to me than anything. But it is easy to forget. The lonely days of compulsive overeating can become hazy and I can get caught up in the cares of a day, running here, going there. It is easy to drift into old habits and thought patterns that block my usefulness to myself and other. I need to remind myself that the OA program is one of action: going to meetings, working the steps, making twelfth-step calls- all part of my life of abstinence and sanity.
For Today: There is nothing in the world I would take in exchange for what I have in OA. I go to any length to keep it.
This was yesterday's reading, which I felt was particularly important for me at this time. It is one of the most difficult lessons to learn when one is starting on a new fork in the road: Remembering where you've been in the right light.
One does not need to dwell and immerse themselves in it, as I have learned that has only led me to fall deeper into despair.Or worse, become prideful at the distance achieved, and derailing myself by wanting to selfishly claim premature success. More like one needs a rear-view mirror, to see what is behind us as we blast forward into a better, more healthful way of life. It makes us humble, grateful, and profoundly happy to know that what WAS, does not have to BE.
... I am so happy to be apart of the 12 -Step Recovery Programs, so grateful for the people I know in the rooms, and all that I am learning and grasping at.
I for one, think it's gonna be a great ride.