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Compulsive eating
Compulsive eating
is an illness
is an illness
of the body and mind —
of the body and mind —
but there is a solution
but there is a solution
By working the 12 steps precisely as outlined in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous,
By working the 12 steps precisely as outlined in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous,
we have found a way to live sober from our
we have found a way to live sober from our
compulsive eating
compulsive eating
with a happiness and freedom we had never imagined possible.
with a happiness and freedom we had never imagined possible.
“If, when you honestly want to, you cannot quit entirely, or when drinking,¹ you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic.² If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer.”
“If, when you honestly want to, you cannot quit entirely, or when drinking,¹ you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic.² If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer.”
(Big Book, p. 44)
“To show other alcoholics² precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book” (and of this group).
“To show other alcoholics² precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book” (and of this group).
(Big Book, p. xiii)
“We are not fighting it,¹ neither are we avoiding temptation. We feel as though we had been placed in a position of neutrality...”
“We are not fighting it,¹ neither are we avoiding temptation. We feel as though we had been placed in a position of neutrality...”
(Big Book, p. 85)
¹ Compulsive eating
² Compulsive eater
“Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.”
“Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.”
(Big Book, p. 58)
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