How I Learned to Eat. I was helping to build five 500,000 volt lines into Los Angeles. There was a tall tower that had been put off as far as completion because of the possibility of high winds. I was sent with a crew of about 15 other guys to complete this tower so it could be energized. I had been working 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. It was a Monday at quitting time. I was in the process of attaching my second lanyard to the cable going down. As I climb down the ladder, a strong wind came out of nowhere and blew me off the tower. My other lanyard was attached to a pelican hook around a piece of angle iron. As I bounced, it came open that caused me to fall to the ground. I was airlifted by one of many helicopters to the rooftop of a hospital. I spent a month there. I was then transferred to the Center for Neuro Skills. There I had 45 hours a week of physical therapy. They told me I was lucky, I could walk, because that was a hard one to get back. I came back to CEA-HOW. I was very happy; I lost 52 pounds the first month. I decided it was time to get real serious about my food plan when I got obese from my injury. They said that they did everything in the name of saving my life. In the meantime, they had let me swell up to 340 pounds.
I decided that the most important thing I could do each day was to remain abstinent. If all the medical care that is being done to me, turns to sugar in my body after all the shots, and makes the body retain water, I definitely need to remain abstinent. I have been able to keep the same body weight. The inactivity period during your recovery time is a very important time to be abstinent. Often times, the doctors don’t let you exercise a certain part, or parts, of your body. This can lead to this area being soft or flabby. I feel a lot better to not be using sugar or flour. I have now been advanced up to the higher levels on my lower back.
I am excited to have this twelve step food plan. I have an attitude of gratitude. Thankful to my Higher Power that I choose to call God. I am abstinent, through periods of medical recovery when, for one reason or another, you may not be as physically active.