Abstinence Check in
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I'm pledging my commitment to my recovery today; no sugars and flours, and free from compulsive overeating.1
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Checking in at the end of the day; grateful for abstinence from sugar and flour, and free from compulsive eating.3
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Today I acknowledge my powerlessness over food and ask for help, especially for abstinance.
Yestrday was difficult, so again I'm super grateful to the Power Greater than me that granted me freedom from trigger foods or acting out with food in any harmful way.3 -
Hi I’m Nancy I’m on day 4 today I’m just figuring how all this works so I’m on the trial and error for my trigger foods. I know sugar is a big no no so I’m trying to avoid that. I’m on Step 4 with my sponsor so things seem to be going well so far. I’m looking for some friends on here who follow OA. Please add me if you like x1
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Hi everyone - I'm pledging my commitment to my abstinence today; just for today.
Welcome Nancy - I sent you a friend request!1 -
Checking in here at the end of the day, grateful for OA and recovery.0
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Welcome Nancymcgre!
Today I am powerless over food and asking for help from a Power Greater than myself for help. Commited to avoid trigger food, sugar and flour. Peace of mind to everybody.1 -
Hello OAers - Committing to my program of recovery, to my abstinence - just for today.
Keeping sugar and flours out of my life helps me stay free of compulsive eating.
Powerless✔️
Believe✔️
Turn it over✔️2 -
Pledging my commitment to recovery for this day.1
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Grateful for an abstinent day, free from sugar, flours, and compulsive eating.1
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Commiting to my abstinence today.2
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Checking in at the end of an abstinent day, grateful for a plan of recovery.1
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Making a pledge to be abstinent from foods with added sugar, processed sugars, sweeteners and grains. Admitting step one, believing step two and turning it over with step three this morning. Happy day to all.
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Good morning; I'm joining you, Gamliela, in committing to my recovery today.0
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Checking in at days end to say it went well, abstinent and free from c.o.e. thanks to The H.P. and this fellowship.1
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Checking in at the end of my day, abstinent and grateful.
Hi Gamliela! I'm glad you are checking in here. Your presence helps me. We are not alone, and we work our programs one day at a time.1 -
Pledging my abstinence today, grateful for a program of recovery.1
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Taking responsibility for coe and remaining abstinent from trigger foods today. Jill, I sure am happy you started to make this a regular thing. It helps me as well.0
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Pledging my commitment to my program of recovery -just for today. Alone I am powerless.1
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Committing to my recovery today - just for today.1
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Just for today ✔️1
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Pledging my commitment to my abstinence, and plan of eating, for today.2
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Here today for another day commited to abstinence.2
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I'm back on track for abstinence after a birthday celebration on the first of November. There was a little bit of fallout, extra hunger for a couple of days, I also felt bloated and like I was retaining water weight. Today first day to feel really over it. I notice even a few raisens are problematic now that I have given up eating sugar. Anyone else find that?1
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Raisins are pretty high in sugar...being dehydrated, they're concentrated. I find that sugar free things - or things that specifically say "25% lower sugar" still tend to be way too sweet for me. I can still hit an unplanned binge with higher sugar items, but regular choices have me wanting far less of a sweet taste. A banana feels and tastes like a full dessert practically.1
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Thanks for sharing on sweet foods! I can also say the sugar free things have gotten me into a LOT of trouble from time to time. A few years ago I found some boxed sugar free cookies on sale. Bought one, seemed to be ok, bought two on my next trip to the store. Somehow a few months later and many boxes of cookies eaten, I'd completely gone from a sugar abstinant life to eating half to one whole package of ordinary sugared cookies daily. I'd gained probably 15 to 20 pounds too. It was good in one way, it brought me back to OA and thankfully a healthier way of eating since then. Its amazing how mindless the craving for these things is, then its like waking up out of a dream one day and back to reality. Its still very odd to me how that can happen to my mind and this total loss of will power. Recently this is part of how I define the powerlessness and unmanageablility of my life in Step One of the OA program. I admit I'm really powerless and I need help with this. Compulsive eating is a cunning and baffeling problem. I really do believe only a Power Greater than me can get me recovered.0
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It isn't about willpower AT ALL. The industry uses our brain chemicals against us. It's hard to avoid in this day and age, but all we can do is the best we can - the rest is above our heads...
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I'm checking in here and pledging my commitment to my abstinence today. I'm grateful that my cravings, and my urges to compulsively overeat have been lifted. I know this is not me. I'm again admitting my powerlessness, believing in, and asking for help from my higher power.
Wishing all my fellow OAers a good day.2 -
Checking in at the end of the day. Over on my maintenance calories but abstinant from grains and sugar. I did have a couple of figs, more sweet fruit than usual and it did give me more appetite, combined with some walking up hills, which makes me hungrier.
Grateful for abstinence today though, thanks to the fellow oaers and that Greater Power.2
