Self Help is the best Help!

This is one of 12 essays I plan to write in the upcoming weeks---focusing on the similarities I see between 12 step recovery programs and the BFL program.
You may agree or disagree with my comments…I’d sure like to hear your point of view.

Many years ago two drunks came together to get sober. Their success resulted in the program Alcoholics Anonymous which has brought hope and sobriety to millions of people and their families around the world.

Their success lead to the creation of other 12 step programs…that give people the power to make positive changes in their lives and turn their backs on their addictions.
Today there are many people who are alive and really living life to the fullest because of these programs and their guidelines.

I know and love several AA members. They all have one thing in common—before they could find sobriety each had to hit rock bottom before climbing out of their self made hole.


My question for today…

Is it a coincidence the Body for Life program and its 12 week challenge
urges its participants to practice principles similar to those found in the AA
program?
Is it a coincidence that many of those who find a healthier body,
mind and spirit with BFL had to hit rock bottom before climbing out of their
self made hole?

Lets take a look at AA’s step one.
We admitted we are powerless over alcohol—that our lives have become unmanageable.

Now exchange the word alcohol with the words comfort food and or sloth.
Get the
picture?

I for one was powerless over food. Before BFL fudge, Ben and Jerry’s, Super One store made cookies….had more power than me. I couldn’t resist them. I turned to them to ease my fears and pain. Try as I might…those three demons controlled my life. Once the sugar high hit—there was no energy to exercise, play or enjoy life.

The day I found BFL and admitted that I was powerless over my trigger foods was the day I began my recovery.