Help us create a CEA-HOW Daily Reflections book!
By the Fellowship, For the Fellowship
The Education Committee is compiling a daily reflections book written by members of CEA-HOW. Its purpose is to inspire the fellowship through spiritual reflections rooted in Conference-approved literature. All members are invited to submit original entries based on their daily writings.
How to submit
We welcome your original writings for consideration. Each reflection should be inspired by a passage from CEA-HOW or AA Conference-approved literature and reflect your personal experience, strength, and hope.
To submit, email your original writing entry to gso@ceahow.org.
Please include the following with your submission:
- Name
- Location
- Phone number
- Source book name (including page #) or quote
Submission Terms
By submitting an entry, you agree to the following:
- All writings, once submitted, become the property of CEA-HOW, and will not be returned to the individual.
- Only original writings based on CEA-HOW and AA Conference Approved Literature may be submitted.
- All writings will be edited for grammar and spelling, if required, and will be published anonymously.
- Editors have permission for free creative reign to combine writings that do not meet submission guidelines, such as word length, or removing parts that don’t support our recovery.
- You assign to CEA-HOW, Inc. my copyright interest in the submitted original writing that may become part of the CEA-HOW book. You attest that you are the owner of the writing and that I will not prevent or hinder CEA-HOW, Inc. from all rights of ownership.
Submission Guidelines
- A quote or sentence(s) from our published literature must be included. Questions from our workbooks can guide the reflections but cannot be used as the quote.
- Each reflection submission is recommended to be 125-200 words. (One page double spaced, typed, is about 250 words) (Quote is not included in word count)
- Example of quote from literature: “Surrendering to God is how I recover.” As Bill Sees It, p. 5
Example of workbook question (NOT ACCEPTABLE): “As Bill Sees It Question 5, How do I recover?”
Content Guidelines
- Quotes must be from CEA-HOW and AA Conference Approved Literature.
- Conference Approved Literature: CEA-HOW Concept, Forever Abstinent, Seven Tools, Sponsor Guidelines, other CEA-HOW published literature, all AA Conference approved literature such as ABSI, AA 4th Edition, Came to Believe, Daily Reflections, Living Sober, 12 Steps &12 Traditions
- Submissions using as a basis CEA-HOW literature such as our many CEA-HOW information pamphlets, Sponsoring in Compulsive Eaters Anonymous – HOW, Forever Abstinent, and our Sponsor Guidelines are especially desired. (See Literature page for a full list of CEA-HOW literature.)
- The writing needs to express positivity, in the writer’s experience, strength and hope.
- If the reflections share struggles, the writers need to show how they overcame those struggles with program principles.
- The reflection needs to incorporate the ideas of the quoted literature.
- It may be helpful to be aware of other programs’ meditation books as an example of quality entries.
Source Book: 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
Source Page: 25
Source Book Quotation: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Meditation Writing:
A wise man once stated that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and yet expect different results. Dieting was my insanity. No matter how hard I tried or how much I spent, I could never maintain any weight loss. Actually, after each diet, I would put on more weight. I began thinking that the ONLY way I could be successful was to have bypass surgery. It never occurred to me that a Higher Power could take this insanity from me. While I was a person of faith, praying for help on THIS subject seemed foolish. How could the God, who created the heavens and the earth, be called upon to help such an insignificant speck of dust such as myself? And yet, that is exactly what has happened. By following this simple plan, by participating in a world-wide consciousness, weight is leaving my body and I feel a sense of contentment and joy. No longer do I obsess over how long it will take before I reach my goal. No longer do I live in the future or the past. Through CEA-HOW, I have learned to live each day to its fullest.
Source Page: 25
Source Book Quotation: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Meditation Writing:
A wise man once stated that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and yet expect different results. Dieting was my insanity. No matter how hard I tried or how much I spent, I could never maintain any weight loss. Actually, after each diet, I would put on more weight. I began thinking that the ONLY way I could be successful was to have bypass surgery. It never occurred to me that a Higher Power could take this insanity from me. While I was a person of faith, praying for help on THIS subject seemed foolish. How could the God, who created the heavens and the earth, be called upon to help such an insignificant speck of dust such as myself? And yet, that is exactly what has happened. By following this simple plan, by participating in a world-wide consciousness, weight is leaving my body and I feel a sense of contentment and joy. No longer do I obsess over how long it will take before I reach my goal. No longer do I live in the future or the past. Through CEA-HOW, I have learned to live each day to its fullest.