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How We Find Recovery Through a relationship with Jesus Christ as Savior and Higher Power, and by working through the 8 recovery principles and the Christ-centered 12 steps, we can find freedom from our hurts, hang ups and habits. Characteristics of someone in recovery for Food & Body Image Issues may include, but are not limited to: • Accept Jesus Christ as higher power • Working the 12-step recovery process diligently and consistently • Shifting our worship from food and our bodies to God • Finding healthy coping mechanisms for negative feelings, emotions, and circumstances • Developing a healthy identity and positive self-worth that comes from God, not our bodies or others • Learning to love ourselves as God loves us, so knowing we are worth the work it takes for Him to heal us • Emotionally connecting with God, self, and others and developing safe relationships • Viewing food as fuel for our body, and as something that God gave us to enjoy • Learning and listening to our body’s cues for hunger, fullness, and what foods to eat • Discerning the difference between physical and emotional hunger • Decreasing obsession with food and body, replaced with self- acceptance, contentment, peace, and fulfillment from God • Developing a balanced, healthy approach to food and health • Healing our distorted beliefs about food, ourselves, or our bodies FOOD & BODY IMAGE ISSUES

How We Find Recovery Through a relationship with Jesus Christ as Savior and Higher Power, and by working through the 8 recovery principles and the Christ-centered 12 steps, we can find freedom from our hurts, hang ups and habits. Characteristics of someone in recovery for Food & Body Image Issues may include, but are not limited to: • Accept Jesus Christ as higher power • Working the 12-step recovery process diligently and consistently • Shifting our worship from food and our bodies to God • Finding healthy coping mechanisms for negative feelings, emotions, and circumstances • Developing a healthy identity and positive self-worth that comes from God, not our bodies or others • Learning to love ourselves as God loves us, so knowing we are worth the work it takes for Him to heal us • Emotionally connecting with God, self, and others and developing safe relationships • Viewing food as fuel for our body, and as something that God gave us to enjoy • Learning and listening to our body’s cues for hunger, fullness, and what foods to eat • Discerning the difference between physical and emotional hunger • Decreasing obsession with food and body, replaced with self- acceptance, contentment, peace, and fulfillment from God • Developing a balanced, healthy approach to food and health • Healing our distorted beliefs about food, ourselves, or our bodies FOOD & BODY IMAGE ISSUES, cont.