One Day at a Time
COMPULSIONS
“All human actions have one or more of
these seven causes:
When I was eating compulsively, it was similar to taking nitrous oxide at my
dentist.
Like a heavy anesthesia, the food comforted me and gave me an extraordinary
sense
of well-being. Like many short-term cures for what is bothering us, it took
its toll. Any
resemblance to reality while in the fog of compulsive eating is purely
coincidental.
While there may be times in my life I needed anesthesia, to use it day in
and day
out to block emotional pain is a burden only compulsive eaters know
about.
~ Mari
chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, desire.”
Aristotle
Compulsion is self-will gone berserk. I try to think of it as the opposite
of
effortless abstinence. Between the two are miles and miles of varying
experiences.
For me there was never moderation ... only the two extremes. It took
several
years of squeaky clean abstinence to trust myself and begin to try
moderation in
eating. At that point I had learned to recognize and be aware of the
dangers of
that first compulsive bite. There have been times when this cunning disease
always
waiting to pounce has sent me straight back to hell as a result of that one
single
compulsive bite.
One day at a time...
I will pray that my actions are caused by
anything except
compulsions.
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