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Inner Harvest 2/26
Topic Started: Feb 26 2005, 04:28 AM (34 Views)
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"Inner Harvest"
Hazelden Meditation Series

It is unrealistic to expect a permanent high.

Recovery from an eating disorder does not guarantee a pink-cloud existence.
We still have days when we wake up with a flat, "blah" feeling that persists
in spite of efforts to shake it.

For most of us, searching for a high was part of our problem with food.
Whether we got high from bingeing or from starving, we were trying to alter
our mood. Now that we're in recovery, we can give ourselves permission to
feel less than elated. We can remember how depressed we felt when our eating
behavior was on the crazy side, and we can appreciate how much better our
down days are now. Many of us agree that our worst days now are better than
our best days then.

When our mood is less than exuberant, we can accept that fact without trying
to manipulate our feelings with food. We no longer strive to be perpetually
up. Level is fine, and downs can be tolerated with the help of our expanding
inner resources.

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I don't expect to be high all day today. I will let my moods ebb and flow
freely.



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