Today's Reading - For Today

"Patience is a bitter plant, but it has sweet fruit." German proverb Waiting is one of the worst things to ask of a compulsive overeater. If I don't see results immediately, I get discouraged. In the days when I fought one obsession with another, i dieted compulsively and jumped on the scale compulsively. I could put up with any discomfort, any deprivation - for varying lengths of time - as long as I did not have to suffer a "plateau"; to diet and lose no weight was intolerable. Clearly, when something is intolerable, it is abandoned - and so went every reducing scheme i ever tried. Thank God I am not here to diet and lose weight. For today: I am in OA to turn my life around - and I'm willing to wait.