{"id":99,"date":"2009-06-08T06:04:03","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T06:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourcharmedlife\/2009\/06\/honesty-exercises-for-addicts-and-others.html"},"modified":"2009-06-08T06:04:03","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T06:04:03","slug":"honesty-exercises-for-addicts-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourcharmedlife\/2009\/06\/honesty-exercises-for-addicts-and-others.html","title":{"rendered":"Honesty Exercises (for Addicts and Others)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m speaking at the New Age Health Spa<\/a>\u00a0(yeah, it’s wonderful) and thought I’d share with you this clip from The Love-Powered Diet: Eating for Freedom, Health, and Joy<\/a><\/span>\u00a0[(c) 2009 Victoria Moran, Lantern Books, NYC]. Honesty is essential in overcoming any addiction, food included, and these exercises prove helpful to civilians, as well:<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

Honesty
\nExercises<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Drive within the speed
    \nlimit, even when you’re sure that you wouldn’t get caught if you didn’t<\/span><\/li>\n
  • When you hear yourself
    \nputting yourself down verbally or mentally (“I’m a slob,” “I can’t do
    \nanything right”), delete that thought. Blanket put-downs of yourself or
    \nothers do not reflect the truth<\/span><\/li>\n
  • When you’re wrong, say
    \nso<\/span><\/li>\n
  • If a certain food has
    \nalways been a problem for you (“One bite is too many and a thousand aren’t
    \nenough”), face the fact and leave that food alone<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Abandon the cover-up,
    \nfor yourself or others. If you forget to return a call, say “I forgot.” If
    \nyour child didn’t do her homework, don’t help out with a subterfuge<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Share with some else
    \nexactly what you’re eating, or at least write down honestly what you’re
    \neating and share it with yourself<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Shop for food
    \nhonestly. Do you really need to serve the scout troop your favorite kind
    \nof cookie? Are you truly expecting someone who dearly loves caramels to
    \n“just drop by”?<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Be completely honest
    \nabout your life and your feelings with one or more people whom you trust<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Eat the same way when
    \nyou’re alone as when you’re with people and vice versa<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Be who you are
    \nwherever you are. If you have a chameleon suit, trade it in. Your beliefs,
    \nopinions, and preferences needn’t be altered to fit one group or occasion
    \nand then another<\/span><\/li>\n
  • When you find yourself
    \nexaggerating, bring the story down to size<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Remember the important
    \ntruth for food addicts: Alone, our prospects are grim, but there is a
    \nspiritual solution. Act on that truth.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I’m speaking at the New Age Health Spa\u00a0(yeah, it’s wonderful) and thought I’d share with you this clip from The Love-Powered Diet: Eating for Freedom, Health, and Joy\u00a0[(c) 2009 Victoria Moran, Lantern Books, NYC]. 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