Missed 1st 30 Seconds - Dow Compulsive over eater also celebrating 38 years sober.

I first got abstinent through HOW program.

In abstinence I remembered things I had suppressed.

I got sober at 31, quit smoking and ate to stuff all the feeling and it worked.

I was not willing to give up the food. 

No wonder I couldn't connect with God, I was worshiping my refrigerator.

Maintaining my abstinence is related to my being of service.