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Recovery Meditations ~ Blessing ~ One Day At A Time ~ February 9, 2012
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RECOVERY MEDITATIONS
One Day at a Time
February 9,  2012

~ BLESSINGS ~

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There are no mistakes, no coincidences.
All events are blessings given to us to learn from.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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I certainly never had a charmed life as a child, and when I was told
to count my blessings, I never thought that I had that much to shout
about. I was a shy and lonely child, always self-conscious about my
shape and size, and everyone else seemed to be far better off than I
was. When life started to deal out blows that were far more than I
thought I could handle, I wondered why bad things always seemed to
happen to me. I would hardly recover from one traumatic event when
another one was upon me. I felt life was definitely unfair. Using food
seemed to be the only way that I knew to cope.

I was looking for a solution, for some way to make my life a happier
one. Fortunately, I was finally brought to my knees by the pain of my
compulsive overeating. In working the Steps of this wonderful program,
I have come to some amazing realizations. All the time I had railed
against my misfortunes, I was being brought to some new understanding.

With the growing openness I now have, I can more clearly see why
certain things in my life had to happen, and even why I became a
compulsive overeater. Unlike the past, when I used to hate this
disease, I now see it as a blessing, from which I can learn and
grow. If it were not for this disease, I would not have needed to look
at my life, nor would I have had to work at trying to make myself into
a better person. I most certainly would not have needed to find a God
of my understanding, nor would I have met so many wonderful new
friends, who always love and support me.

ONE DAY AT A TIME . . .

I will remember that the events in my life are not dealt out to me as
a form of punishment, but rather as motivating factors in my life,
that spur me on to grow and change as a person.