I am open-minded, but if I don’t like something, I’ll be truthful about it. I can also really focus my mind on a topic of my interest.Ĥ. Particularly when I’ve set my mind on accomplishing something, I’ll really go for it. I am not one to easily give in and ask for help before having tried something myself first. I love to collect facts and information and this I consider a true asset.ģ. My intelligence and craving for knowledge. I mean, literally during my first days.Ģ. I remember, when I was first admitted to the psych hospital, cracking jokes about the difference between the patients and staff in a mental ward (“the patients get better and leave”). I particularly love wordplay and verbal jokes, most with a dark theme. I am going to take this challenge today and try to take it to the next level by challenging myself not to follow each statement with a “but…”. Of course, it shouldn’t require a book of journaling prompts to come up with this idea, but oh well. One of her prompts on the topic of self-love is to list ten things you love about yourself. These are combined into the book 200+ Journal Prompts for the Mind, Body and Soul by Riley Reigns. I love journaling prompts and positive challenges. Posted in Christian Tagged Abstinence, Addiction, Bible, Christian Faith, Christianity, Eating Disorders, Faith, Food, Food Plan, Journaling, Overeating, Self-Control, Sobriety, Titus 10 Comments Ten Things I Love About Myself Yes, even if this is complete abstinence from sugar, snacks inbetween meals and all other things OA says we need to abstain from. I pray that He will help me submit to His will, whatever this may be. I pray that God provides me with direction as I navigate my journey towards recovery from disordered eating. Shouldn’t the goal be self-control instead? Jesus as far as I’m concerned didn’t abstain completely from alcohol and if refined sugar had existed in His time, He’d probably consumed it too. Not with the submitting to God part, but with the requirement of complete sobriety, which is human-made. I have a problem with the idea that, if you just admit that you’re powerless over your substance, you will – no, should – become sober through submitting to God. After all, the Bible verse states: “Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.” (Titus 2:3 NIV)įor this reason, I wonder, is it really God’s plan, as OA seems to think, that we abstain from addictive foods altogether? Doesn’t Paul write “much wine” for a reason? And, taking Paul’s letter to Titus literally, I don’t have to. The real reason is though that I don’t want to give up foods I’m addicted to altogether. I like to blame the fact that I struggle not just with overeating, but with purging and occasional restricting too. I have never liked abstinence-based eating disorder recovery programs like OA. In Overeaters Anonymous, it is called abstinence. However, sobriety can refer to other addictions too. In this sense, the prompt does not apply to me either. As such, one of the prompts in the book is a one-word prompt: sober. However, Paul also instructs Titus to teach the women to stay away from addictive substances or practices. I mean, of course I am married, but I don’t live with my husband. For instance, the ones that center on life as a wife or mother, for the most part, don’t. It is called Journal-a-Day the Titus 2 Way and is about growing in Godly womanhood. I bought yet another collection of journaling prompts, this one faith-based.
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