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Are you Courageous? Today's Copy & Paste

~ Courage ~

It takes a lot of courage
to show your dreams to someone else.

Erma Bombeck ​




I remember first starting my Twelve Step program. I had lots of expectations and dreams, but I couldn't talk to anyone about them. I thought my dreams were stupid and that nobody there really cared about who I was or what I wanted to achieve.


This is a big problem with all of us compulsive overeaters. We all have hopes and dreams of losing our impulse to eat all the time, and of losing our excess weight. Thinking we're not worth anyone's time keeps us strong in our addiction.


As we work through the Steps and learn to trust our new family of choice, we get the courage to begin to open up and share our dreams and hopes. We all find our hidden courage by praying and trusting our Higher Power. We find the courage to tell people about ourselves and trust that nobody will put us down for our past or for the future we dream of achieving. Our dreams have no time limit; they don't have to happen immediately. They may happen immediately, or it may take a long time of struggling, but as long as we have hope and courage, they will become a reality in Higher Power's time.



One Day at a Time . . .
I remember that we learn that, together, things become much easier. As we share our experience, strength and dreams with others, they will help us learn how we can work with a special program and plan. With Higher Power and our recovery friends, our courage grows stronger, and we find we can and will succeed.

~ Jeanette ~ ​
 
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~ Willingness ~

I cannot change what I am unwilling to face.

James Baldwin ​



Before I found this program I was locked in a battle with myself. I knew I was eating too much, and I couldn't help myself. I tried to control my eating, and for a while, I was able to keep the upper hand. Then something would happen in my life, and I'd lose that control.


I couldn't face the fact that I was a compulsive eater. I couldn't bear to think that I had a disease that kept me in bondage to food. So during the time I was in denial about my eating, I continued sinking deeper into my disease of compulsion. I sought comfort in food, and did some serious damage to my body, to my self-esteem, and to my relationships.


It was only after I hit bottom that I realized that I had to face the facts. I had a disease that had me in a death grip, and there wasn't one thing I could do about it. When I found this program, I found hope. I discovered a Higher Power who could help me do what I'd never been able to do before. I slowly began to see the changes I'd tried all my life to effect on my own. But it didn't happen until I became willing to face the truth, until I became willing to ask God for help.



One Day at a Time . . .
I am willing to face my disease
and let my Higher Power help me overcome it.

~ Jeff ~ ​
 
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~ Recovery ~

I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Fannie Lou Hamer ​




I used to get so disgusted with myself. I was sick and tired of trying to lose weight because I always failed. I had lost weight several times but I would still feel ugly, fat and unacceptable to everybody else. The sickness and tiredness remained because I had not changed anything inside my head, just my body size! My past was still there and it continued to haunt me, and I was filled with the guilt and shame of the past.

A friend told me about this great program where I could discover what was really making me sick and how I could recover. She said, "You will have someone with you to help continually 24 hours a day, seven days a week."

"How can this be?" I asked.


She said, "Well, this wonderful program helps you recover by teaching you what really has been bothering you. Maybe it's things you are sorry you did or didn't do in the past, people you've hurt or who have hurt you."

"Do I need to leave home or pay a lot of money?" I asked.

She said, "No. You work it at home, at work and everywhere you go. The cost is nothing, except a desire to stop eating compulsively. Your continual help is your Higher Power and he never goes to sleep, he listens and helps you when you ask for his help."

"Wow, you mean I don't have to be sick and tired any more?"

"That's right and all it takes is Twelve small but important Steps, a lot of love, hugs, acceptance, trust and sincere honesty. It's easy and works as long as you work it."

One Day at a Time . . .
I don't need to be sick and tired of myself any more. I have a wonderful program with a lot of tools, friends and my Higher Power to help me. I can achieve recovery one day at a time ... it's a matter of progress, not perfection.

~ Jeanette ~ ​
 
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There will be an OA meeting at the North Clubhouse at Hickory Hills.... that's off of Chancelors Run Road

Watch this site for the date and time....:gossip:
 
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Today's Copy & Paste...

~ THE PRESENT MOMENT ~

How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now,
and there will never be a time when it is not now.

Gerald Jampolsky ​




During my many years of life as an compulsive eater, I thought happiness was something that was the privilege of other people. I could not imagine that happiness would be a part of my life. All I really wanted was to lose weight.

My issues with food and weight colored everything else. I always thought the biggest weight I carried was physical in nature. When I accepted the fact that I have a disease, and the weight I carried was physical, emotional and spiritual, my life began to change immeasurably. As I took the Steps to recovery, I began to experience healing on all three levels. I began to see life differently, and to live life in a whole new way.

Before recovery, I could not see the precious moment of the present. My eyes were focused on regret of the past, and fear of the future. I totally missed the complete joy of each present moment. Recovery has helped me to clear up weight I carried from my past, and to eliminate my fear of the future; replacing fear with faith. As I live in recovery, I can choose to be present in each moment, and enjoy the wonder and delight that is the gift of life.


One Day at a Time . . .
I choose to live in the present moment ... and to embrace the happiness found there.

~ Cate ~ ​
 
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I talked to Linda at Hickory Hills... she's getting a calendar for me so we don't have a conflict with another schedule... I'll update you on the date soon...
 
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Another Copy & Paste

SHARING OUR STORIES

" You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it,
you go home and share it with your family."
Anita Baker​



For much of my life I tried to be “Strong.” I kept silent about my own suffering and focused instead on others people’s needs and how I could help them. Though I could listen and offer advice, I lacked empathy and understanding.

When my stoic, stubborn, and silent avoidance of my own struggles finally made my life unmanageable, I entered recovery. By listening to stories shared by others, I have been blessed. I have found that none of us walk this path alone. We learn from each other and from the strength of traditions. I have found empathy.

I came to see that my silence was born from weakness, not from strength. It was shame, fear, and pride, which kept me hiding. Now I find great joy and freedom in sharing my story with others. I am particularly grateful to God for the way He used my story with my Dad.

My crisis not only drove me to seek help, but it freed my Dad to get help too. If I had remained silent, not only would I have been destroyed, but I would have robbed my Dad of the acceptance and freedom to admit and seek the help he needed ~ and that has so profoundly changed his life.

One day at a time...
I will recognize that my history and my current experiences are not to be hidden in silence. I will share my story with others.


~Lisa V. ​
 
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I'll have some time

OK... I will have some time now to start a group.... I will be unemployed for a while [apparently] starting on the 14th....

Anyone want to have that meeting we've been trying to get going... a live meeting ....

I could even host one at CRE during the day.... until I get a job.. and then you could take over anyway....

What say you?
 
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itsbob said:
if we told you, it wouldn't be very anonymous now would it??
Click to expand...


True... what was I thinking.... :buttkick:

K... I'll set it up and we'll just see if anyone shows up....

I'll check when the Lower Level at CRE is available and get back with you...

Being laid off is really not all that much fun :popcorn:
 
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THOUGHTS

“The universe is transformation;
our lives are what our thoughts make it.”
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ​



The power of our thoughts is astounding, and my negative thoughts kept me in chains for many years. I was constantly thinking of what was not right, what I didn't do right, what needs of mine went unmet. My life was miserable by my own making. My own thoughts kept me in a prison of negativity. The only person who had the key was me. For many years I stayed locked in, not knowing the key was in my possession..

When I came to the program I learned that I had responsibility for my “side of the street.” I finally came to understand that I was able to change my thinking, one day at a time. It was a slow process. It took a life-time to learn negative thinking patterns, and it took years to learn positive thinking patterns. Using the tools of the program was the key to re-educating my mind. At meetings I heard positive statements that others made about themselves and me. Reading program literature was always a positive experience. As I chose nurturing, loving sponsors, they affirmed me and my baby steps toward wholeness and healing. All of these, and other tools, worked slowly to bring about an awareness that I held the key to my own prison door and gave me the courage to take the key and free myself from negativity..

One day at a time...
I will choose positive thoughts and actions that bring me freedom.


~ Carolyn H. ​
 
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Let's Start

1st OA Meeting Wednesday June 4th 7PM
2nd OA Meeting Friday June 6th 7PM

Lower Level CRE Management Building
395 Clubhouse Road
Lusby MD 20657

For directions to the meeting please call 410-326-3182 [CRE front desk]​

I just called the office and got a busy signal... hope we aren't overwhelming the telephone lines!

From Rt 2&4 Take the Lusby exit onto Rousby Hall Road..... continue to the traffic circle and go 3/4 of the way around.... continue to the CRE Entrance... it's on the left and well marked....

At the stop sign [you have to go left or right... go right]... the Admin Bldg will be on the right.... pull around back and the meeting is in the lower level... the Activites Meeting room is to the right....
 
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I"ll try to be there. Thanks for organizing this Becky! I've thought about attending a meeting for years. I can walk to the Management Bldg from my place. :wave:
 
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OK.... thanks I think....

For those of you who would like to read the One Day at a Time copy & paste.... you are welcome to join Becky's Corkboard... it's a private forum....

if you look under user CP at the bottom of that page.... click on group memberships.... choose Becky's Corkboard.... I will let you in and you can read the odats...


For now...

1st OA Meeting Wednesday June 4th 7PM
2nd OA Meeting Friday June 6th 7PM

Lower Level CRE Management Building
395 Clubhouse Road
Lusby MD 20657

For directions to the meeting please call 410-326-3182 [CRE front desk]​
 
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Our first meeting is tonight!

7PM Lower Level
CRE Management Bldg
395 Clubhouse Road
Lusby, MD 20657

Come into CRE off Rousby Hall Road... Right at the stop sign... stay on that road and the Management Bldg is on the right... pull around back and come in the brown door......​
 
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