It's the last thing I've got

We drink seltzer at parties.
We go to meetings.
We go to therapy.
We meditate and we pray.
We help others.
We do so much to relieve our addiction.

We just want to feel normal.
We just want to feel some ease moving through our environments.
We just don’t want to be so AWARE all the time.
It’s exhausting.

Why can’t we just eat what we want? It’s the last thing we’ve got.

If you identify with these thoughts -

YES

Allow them to be present. What information do they provide?

They are designed to maintain the status quo. To keep us safe. There is nothing wrong with wanting to feel safe.

But what happens when we reframe the belief from: “Overeating is the last thing I’ve got”, to: “Overeating is the last unconscious behavior I use to feel better.”

Because - doesn’t that uncover some inconvenient truths about this story?

Do we feel better when we overeat, or do we feel emotionally numbed and physically ill? Do we feel normal when we overeat, or do we feel baffled and disappointed? Do we feel ease moving through our environments when we overeat or do we feel discomfort and internal turmoil?

Every miraculous thing in our life comes from lifting the veil, from being present without substances, and without emotional crutches. What is waiting on the other side of overeating?