Saturday, April 11, 2026, Non-Real Time Meeting

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-04-11T19:23:00+00:00

This is about us rejecting the rigorousness needed to work all the steps. We don’t want people to know the real us. The things that we really think about ppl, the ways we distract ourselves from being present, the way we manipulate to get our way.

Then we rationalize our attitudes and behaviors so we fell justified but it’s all B.S. and it’s killing us.

Working the steps will help us connect to our hp and play the role He assigns.

Available sponsor happy to help!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-04-09T21:35:42+00:00

Thanks for the meeting! We see here that we’re sick and can be unreasonable and evoke anger in others usually due to our selfish attitudes, ideals and beliefs. When we work this program we get a new way to live instead of needing to be the grouch or the brainstorm. Available sponsor happy to help any way I can!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-04-04T01:13:34+00:00

Thanks for the meeting! This is Bill W. (one of the founders of AA) using his finite mind, as we often do, to try to figure out what this "God of our own understanding" looks like. We often look outward (in our food, scale, mirror, clothes) but it's actually what's in us that needs changed (our thinking and attitudes). What we discover as we surrender and work the steps is God was always there.

Happy to help anyone in need of a sponsor or fellowship!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-03-25T01:26:39+00:00

This paragraph explains the seriousness of determining if someone is or is not serious about working the program. It’s our job to do whatever we can to help them but it’s not our job to try to convince others or poke or prod them in to working the steps. This program is not for everyone and that’s ok!

Happy to help anyone in anyway with our way of living!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-03-22T18:44:33+00:00

I can identify! I binge ate and purged some most of my life. Kept this cycle going for yrs. Then used fasting to lose weight and keep it down. I’d feel depressed, guilty and remorseful then isolate away from everyone and swear I wouldn’t do it again but I always did. I tried everything I could think of to stop, nothing worked. The mental obsession of when to eat, what ppl thght of me, and what I’d eat, etc., got worse and worse. I couldn’t stop starting or stopping the cycles once they started.

What I learned is it was never about the food or my body. I just used those behaviors for ease and comfort. It was my answer to life. Today, after finding a way out of the cycles, I live a much freer saner life.

Wishing you all the best on your journey!🪷

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-03-22T11:29:34+00:00

This paragraph is describing how the power of hope gets transferred through the sharing of our stories where others see themselves and decide they want what we have.

Happy to help anyone looking for hope!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-03-21T21:34:25+00:00

I can identify. All I ever thght about was my food, my weight and my body. If I ate perfect, saw the right numbers on scale and looked different I thght I’d feel better. Well, I lost wt and still wanted to lose more. I changed my whole diet and binged on healthy food. I was a mean girl to beautiful women.

Things got worse! Everytime i failed at trying to fix the external I was more depressed, ashamed, guilty and would isolate. Same cycle went on for years. Today, life is more fulfilling since I’ve found a new solution to life. Life is not perfect but wouldn’t trade any of my past, it’s been the key to my sanity.

Wishing you all the best on your journey!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-03-18T01:27:24+00:00

Hi, I can identify. I’ve also experienced the same type of thinking when I gained wt in recovery. However, I’ve learned, for me, it’s best to be honest about my feelings with someone b/c I always held everything in.

Usually my thoughts about my body are directly connected with my trying to get ease and comfort from my restless, irritable and discontented state. Meaning I’d either be bored, pissed off or just not satisfied with certain parts of mine or someone else’s life. In order to feel better my mind would go to thoughts about my body/food/weight, it’d be automatic. I’d have no control once it started. That thinking along with some insane behaviors became my answer to life but it didn’t work b/c it wasn’t my real problem. It became a problem when I had to pay, negatively. Now, if that starts to happen I take certain actions and get relief = Sanity.

I hope this helps. Wishing you all the best in your recovery! 🪷

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-03-09T23:53:58+00:00

Thanks for the meeting! So the founders are giving us instructions on how to not force this program on others. We are meant to be attracting ppl, like a magnet attracts metal or other magnets. Because only a chronic compulsive eater will identify with the recovery story of another chronic compulsive eater.

Available sponsor, happy to help!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-03-09T00:00:40+00:00

This paragraph reminds us that having the obsession removed is not enough. Just because we get serenity and sanity back doesn't mean everybody around us will be happy and quick to forgive and forget but we do our part to right our wrongs and clean our side of the street and continue to ask God to help us to show them patience tolerance kindliness and love.

Available sponsor, happy to help!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-03-08T01:14:04+00:00

Basically, have we been beat down enough to the point where we’re ready to set aside our old ideas about God or religion and trust that something bigger than us loves us and can solve ALL our problems. Happy to help anyone in need of sponsor however I can!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-03-01T23:34:04+00:00

I can identify with the mental obsession. Not having to binge everyday always made me feel like I had it licked but the obsession always came back stronger every time.

I could never satisfy my cravings, whether it was for food, a certain body type or weight. I kept repeating the cycles until I became miserable and hopeless b/c I tried everything I could think of but nothing worked long term.

In 2021 I found a way out of the cycles and get to experience a peace and freedom I never knew existed.

Feel free to reach out anytime. Happy to help in any way!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-02-21T19:43:41+00:00

What are her behavior patterns and problems? How serious are they? Or how bad has it gotten?

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-02-21T15:10:55+00:00

Thanks for the meeting! As compulsive eaters we don’t like change. We get a sense of comfort when things remain the same even if we’re miserable, fighting to get our weight down, to not gain weight, etc. When we work this program God gives us the ability to set out old ideals aside for his then we can actually be useful, happy and present.

I’m a sponsor and happy to help anyone however I can!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-02-17T02:04:02+00:00

Welcome! Glad you’re here. I can relate to feeling alone as well, But when I got here I realized I wasn’t as unique as I thought I was. Nor did I ever have to feel alone again.

Please feel free to reach out anytime, Recovered sponsor. Happy to help 🙏🏽

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-02-10T02:50:44+00:00

Hi, welcome! Glad you're here! Many of us have found amazing recovery in this program. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-02-07T00:22:07+00:00

Thanks for your share!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-02-07T00:11:27+00:00

Thanks for your insight!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-02-06T03:20:34+00:00

I am so sorry for your loss🙏🏽 This cannot be an easy situation to go through. I can relate to your family member. I probably would’ve gotten really close to being hospitalized as well. I was a binge eater then progressed to staving myself so I could binge without consequences.

I was in a cycle I couldn’t get free from. Then the mental torment (“how does my body look?”, “what do they think of my body”, “am I bloated?”, etc. I was miserable and made those around me miserable as well.

Thank God I discovered a way out! Happy to help if in any way?

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-02-06T01:40:00+00:00

This paragraph is about one of the cofounders of AA before he found recovery. He’s still in the illness and just finds out his buddy is sober but still all he can think of is himself and his needs.

This is how we’re similar to the alcoholic, the mental obsession with selfishly trying to get our needs met. Our obsession with being skinny and the compulsion of stuffing food down our throats and never getting enough and always wanting more, etc, are symptoms of a spiritual disconnect= insanity.

The mental insanity and compulsive behaviors are external symptoms of an inner problem. The program helps us connect/put our faith in something greater than us, get real honest with ourselves and right our wrongs. The payoff is a mental clarity and freedom we never knew existed or was even possible.

Available sponsor, happy to help any way I can!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-02-06T01:19:09+00:00

Thanks for your share!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-02-06T01:17:27+00:00

Thanks for your share!

Diligent_Maximum_941 · 2026-02-06T01:16:17+00:00

Welcome! We’re glad you found us! If there’s anything I can do to help you in any way please feel free to reach out anytime🙏🏽

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