Susan's Example
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Several weeks ago I was sick and had a sore throat and began drinking these teas with honey and started noticing that I had more energy and wanted to keep having more tea with honey. I had the sore throat for 2 weeks prior, but I didn't have tea with honey because I am recovering from an eating disorder. I need to be careful. I began to work myself up when after 2 days, I had 8 teas with honey and noticed all my energy. I had racing thoughts, "oh my God, I totally messed up my recovery because of all the honey. I'm going to start bingeing tomorrow. This honey stuff is totally out of control. My imagination was on fire, like, now I'm going to eat 10 meals a day again and I'm going to lose my sanity around food and gain 20 pounds in a week. I spotted that it's distressing not dangerous, it's just honey, and I'm not out of control with my food. In Recovery, Inc., I've learned that every act of self control leads to self respect, so I stopped having the honey in the tea and began to just drink tea plain. I had the will to bear discomfort when I stopped drinking the honey (even though it tasted better with it). I spotted fear of the permanent handicap, "I'll always be this way, and I'm less than a person". Before Recovery, Inc. I would have begun bingeing out of control, probably had 20 teas with honey and not been able to stop myself, gotten really into lowered feelings, and been more afraid of the permanent handicap. What brought me into Recovery, Inc.? My eating disorder, lowered feelings, anxiety and depression. Further Spotting! Jean-- Susan has already trained her will to choose and not just give into the working up process. Marie-- Apparently the short range comfort of tasting the honey in the tea would have led Susan into a lot of discomfort later on. What does that mean? permanent handicap-- This is basically the fear that her eating disorder will never get better. It is a Recovery, Inc., expression often talked about in conjunction with the fear of mental or physical collapse which after years of such fears leads on to the fear of the permanent handicap.
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