The past few days has been tiring & stressful, in fact, I did not realize it only till the day before yesterday. Thank God for revealling this blind spot of mine! When I looked back, I realized I was unconciously trying to destress - I've started to eat a whole lot more again & have also been craving for lotsa food - chocolates, japanese food, fried food, you name it...(Stress is proven to induce cravings, especially for high calorie food).
Just recently I have also been playing an online game & was immediately addicted to it! Everytime I started I wouldn't stop till I've played for hours & hours. Once I even played from right after dinner till 2am... Honestly I realized that it wasn't right but then I convinced myself that I should "pamper myself since I have been working so hard".
Of course it is alright to pamper myself but it was simply overdone. Immediately I can feel the impact on no one else but myself. Satisfying the cravings did not make me happier, because to keep myself "happy" that way, I had to keep on "feeding on" the cravings. Even so, the "happiness" lasted for only a moment.
As written in the book "Approval Addiction" by Joyce Meyer ( a very interesting book, I'd say ), the only way to stop an addiction is to refuse to feed the addiction! True enough, when I continued to refuse to feed my impulsive cravings, the urge has been very much weakened & I feel more at ease now.
Is not this the sort of fast that pleases Me: to break unjust fetters, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break all yokes?
Is it not sharing your food with the hungry, & sheltering the homeless poor; if you see someone lacking clothes, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own kin?
Then your light will blaze out like the dawn and your wound be quickly healed over. Saving justice will go ahead of you and Yahweh's glory come behind you
Then you will cry for help and Yahweh will answer; you will call and He will say, 'I am here.' Isaiah 58:6-9
It's not too late to start now :)
However as the title of this post implies, moderation & self-control is the point here, I will still eat my favourite foods & still play my games but all in moderation. I can go without them & not feel uncomfortable :)
I know by experience that for long time habits & addictions, it is even harder to quit! Of course! It only makes sense that a certain addiction which say has been rooted in for 10 years, may also take years to quit. It is not easy but it is not impossible. Nothing is greater than the love of God.
"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?" Romans 8:35
"If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and He knows everything." 1 John 3:20
My poor blog has been neglected due to my new interests haha...I'm back again! So much more to learn & share with all my dearest family & friends :)
Have a great day everyone! :)
LOL! tanx 4 sharing! glad to hear you got over your "munching" syndrome :P well said Glo! there's a this verse, " Have you found honey? Eat only as much as you need, Lest you be filled with it and vomit." Proverbs 25:16, kinda parallel to ur post today!
ReplyDeleteHaha...yeah man...nice one! :) Well, Hammie rubbed it on me! (trying to blame the hamster jk...lol)
ReplyDeleteThe other thing that I didn't manage to expand on is that addiction come in many patterns not only tangible stuff *___*
Next time maybe hehe... ;)
Really good post. I should remind myself to keep things in moderation too. I guess we've all been blessed with so many priveleges that we tend to abuse em. Probably setting a time/amount limit before starting and set a 'denda' will help control the addiction =p
ReplyDeleteGood idea, haha...will try that next time another "new thing" comes up hehe... :D
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