The spiritual gifts of abstinence are the greatest of all. Joy, peace, compassion, acceptance, courage, faith - all these powerful gifts of the spirit are there for us when we are abstinent. Amazing miracles are possible. Food was our answer to every question. When we put food in its proper place, with the help of this spiritual program, life is very different.
Possibilities reveal themselves where before there was only hopelessness.
Thank you, God, for this gift of abstinence and for the life it promises. I shudder to think of the sorrow I've caused myself and others when I've allowed my compulsions to rule my life. If we have faith, God will walk with us as we face our fears. Thank you, God, for your patience with me. I want to walk with you and life my life of compulsion behind.