In food addiction recovery you will need to learn to live in the present. The present is a point of power. Stop yourself the minute you notice you have broken your food plans. If you have a lapse, get right back to your plan. Don’t wait until after you finish whatever the thing is you are eating; don’t wait until tomorrow or next Monday. The point of power is in the present. Exercise your power and it increases. The past is over; the future isn’t here yet—the only time you have any real control over is right now. Exercise this power and use it to your advantage. How can you learn more on “be here now” and apply that as a food addict?
Food Addiction – Finding More Power In The Present
The modern classic book written on the subject is titled Remember, Be Here Now by Ram Dass who was a distinguished psychologist who taught at Harvard University before he went to India to study. That book is very entertaining as well from a biographical perspective. You can find it on Amazon.com. The approach is based on Hindu psychology. Another classic book on creating power in the present is written by Ron Smothermon, M.D. who is a psychiatrist. It also is available on Amazon.com and it titled Winning Through Enlightenment. You will have to buy this one used which is not all bad since they start at $6.00! Power in the present as a food addict means having the ability to be with yourself – regardless of how you feel – and not eat. If you have that type of power then you will manage compulsive overeating much better. That is a learned skill. I still have to use that skill today – 35 plus years later. It is like a muscle. The more you exercise that muscle easier it becomes to remain in food addiction recovery.