Powerless/unmanageable

skinnydip · 12-19-2005, 10:05 AM

I got an interesting assignment from my support group here. Thought it was boring 'til I really started thinking about it. I have to list 10 instances when I was powerless over food. Then 10 ways in which my life is unmanageable. The latter is even now, when I'm relatively food sober, like when hubby is in a cruddy mood, the kids are bickering, the dogs are howling and the house is in chaos.

I know there must be lurkers out there. If not now, then definitely during recruitment season; Jan 1-8 especially! Chime in and help yourself. We don't have to let addictions, whatever they are, beat the crud out of us. We're winning the battle with food, step by step. We can do it, and with other behaviors too, as we get stronger in our skills and self-confidence. It's not about doing it "right". It's about pulling yourself up and getting back in the saddle when that damn horse throws you off!

And, no, I'm not a preacher with a soapbox, just a woman with a big mouth! At least the rest of me isn't big LOL!

Vicki

CraigT · 12-19-2005, 10:26 AM

Ahhh, the good ol "first step"...

Vicki this is truly where real recovery begins and end.

I has seen so many people get hung up on the thought that they are powerless over food. I know for me it took a while to have the light switch come on about it. Once I "got it". it was so obvious.

Example: I am powerless over the affects of big ole scoop of real ice cream, once I have swallowed it. It is going to make me sick no matter how talented or strong of a person I am.

The only power I had was prior to the act of eating it. Thank god for the fact that I still dump on ice cream, because I still tempt fate sometime. If it weren't for dumping, once I have committed the crime of the first bite, I usually don't know how to stop until the gallon is gone.

Life Unmanageable... When I am under the influence of my own thinking and destructive eat, it has such a chain reaction on how I treat others and myself. It's can be just nuts. Always know that anytime you feel the twinge to not let someone see what you are eating. You have cross over the sanity line.

Wow, meatie post.... Thanks Vickie.

12-19-2005, 10:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
skinnydip Big Loser Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 159 Please Enter Height:	Powerless/unmanageable I got an interesting assignment from my support group here. Thought it was boring 'til I really started thinking about it. I have to list 10 instances when I was powerless over food. Then 10 ways in which my life is unmanageable. The latter is even now, when I'm relatively food sober, like when hubby is in a cruddy mood, the kids are bickering, the dogs are howling and the house is in chaos. I know there must be lurkers out there. If not now, then definitely during recruitment season; Jan 1-8 especially! Chime in and help yourself. We don't have to let addictions, whatever they are, beat the crud out of us. We're winning the battle with food, step by step. We can do it, and with other behaviors too, as we get stronger in our skills and self-confidence. It's not about doing it "right". It's about pulling yourself up and getting back in the saddle when that damn horse throws you off! And, no, I'm not a preacher with a soapbox, just a woman with a big mouth! At least the rest of me isn't big LOL! Vicki

12-19-2005, 10:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
CraigT Administrator Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 415 Please Enter Height:	Ahhh, the good ol "first step"... Vicki this is truly where real recovery begins and end. I has seen so many people get hung up on the thought that they are powerless over food. I know for me it took a while to have the light switch come on about it. Once I "got it". it was so obvious. Example: I am powerless over the affects of big ole scoop of real ice cream, once I have swallowed it. It is going to make me sick no matter how talented or strong of a person I am. The only power I had was prior to the act of eating it. Thank god for the fact that I still dump on ice cream, because I still tempt fate sometime. If it weren't for dumping, once I have committed the crime of the first bite, I usually don't know how to stop until the gallon is gone. Life Unmanageable... When I am under the influence of my own thinking and destructive eat, it has such a chain reaction on how I treat others and myself. It's can be just nuts. Always know that anytime you feel the twinge to not let someone see what you are eating. You have cross over the sanity line. Wow, meatie post.... Thanks Vickie. __________________ Craig T 11 years PostOp Open RNY - 2 TT's

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