In dealing with compulsive eating and issues with gaining weight, we tend to lose ourselves to the darkness of low self-esteem and self-criticism. We are our own worst enemies. We don't know how to nurture ourselves. We don't like who we have become. We feel like failures to ourselves and all of those around us.

In working through the program, we learn to surrender, to accept the things we cannot change. We gain wisdom and strength, and as we begin to take care of ourselves. We begin to feel good. We become self-aware. We realize our needs, and work aggressively to make sure they are being fufilled. We realize that we do have some control, a choice, a new realization that we can choose how to react to the things around us. We accept our true selves, we voice our opinions, we make changes. We also realize that people do accept us the way we are, and we don't have to hide anymore. For the first time, we are able to re-discover our true identity.

One day at a time...
I learn something new about myself. I accept myself for who I am, as I surrender myself to my HP. I prioritize my needs,along with all of the other responsibilities in my life. I find the courage to change the things I can, and have acceptance for the things I cannot. I look in the mirror, and with each passing day in recovery, I like who I see.

~ Lori ~

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