Eating Disorders - OA for May 2014

[MajestyJo]

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought

Share the Wealth

Most of us are lucky enough to have been blessed with a more than adequate supply of food. Our problem has been too much rather than too little. Not everyone on our planet is so fortunate. We all know that millions of people in this world die prematurely because of malnutrition and starvation.

We probably feel that it would be impossible to individually effect a more equitable distribution of the world's food resources. And yet, there are things we can do if we have a sincere desire to help. Money which we save by personally eating less may be sent to a charitable organization or used to sponsor a child in one of the less developed countries. A plan for sharing can increase our own motivation to maintain abstinence and avoid binges.

Even though we cannot change the entire world, we can be responsible for changing our own behavior and finding new ways to share what we have. In the process, we benefit the most through better health, positive emotions, and mental peace. Moderate consumption is in our own best interest.

Teach me to share.

They say if we don't give it away, we will lose our recovery. That is why motto, and what was told to me, "I share because I care."

I was told if you share with one person, you only have to take 1/2 of your issues home. Think what relief you get when you go to a discussion meeting or share your story at a speaker meeting. I always found, that when I was asked to share my story at a meeting, that it is good to share with others, but even better to have my words come out, to lessen any internal chatter and I can set some order by listening to myself, when I open my mouth. It is sometimes very surprising what comes out.