Today's Reading - Voices of Recovery

"I cannot expect the difficulties in my life to be erased because I wish it." For Today, p. 278 We compulsive overeaters are dreamers, wishers, fantasizers. Just as I always wanted to wake up thin, get a rare wasting disease or be a success story for a new diet drug, so did I want to wish my life problems away. Because I was heavily into food, I did not have the clarity of thought or the connection to my Higher Power or Overeaters Anonymous to help me solve problems in a reasonable way. My life was one crisis after another, one continuing drama that fueled my need for more food to reach oblivion. How different life is since I became abstinent. Because my mind is clear and my body is strong and healthy. I can face the difficulties of life with a calmness and serenity that were totally foreign to me. I know my God walks with me, helping me over the rough spots with a calmness and serenity that were totally foreign to me. I know my God walks with me, helping me over the rough spots and guiding my steps through a problem. Today, I no longer just wish for relief from life's problems. Thanks to my Higher Power and my program, I face life's difficulties secure in the knowledge that I am carrying out God's plan for my life.