Freedom

 

"A hungry person is not a free person." -Adlai Stevenson

For years, I craved food. It was my escape from reality. It stopped the pain, loneliness, and anger for a moment. It felt good. Eventually, I began to feel bad, but I could not stop. I was addicted to sugar. My freedom was exchanged for doughnuts! I heard someone talk about compulsion around cocaine and gambling.When I asked how he managed to abstain, he replied: "Talk about it, a day at a time!" Today I am compulsive about getting well. I talk about my disease every day.The price of freedom is vulnerability. God is in the risk. I have taken it. - Leo Booth

God, let me experience freedom in the choices I make today.