Affirmations

• Never give up for that is just the time and place the tide will turn.
  
• To be upset over what I don’t have is to waste what I do have.
  
• Today I will seek out things that are fun to do.
  
• I experience and express my emotions freely.
  
• I rest when my body tells me to.
  
• This is a new and wonderful day for me; there will never be another day like this one
  
• I am going to be a wonderful success in all my undertakings today.
  
• I am not afraid of life. I believe that life is worth living, and my belief helps create the fact.
  
• Either I find a way, or I will make one.
  
• It doesn’t matter what the disease is. There is always room for hope. I am not going to die one of the statistics.
  
• The question I ask myself is not if I should heal but how I should heal.
  
• I will not wait to have a good day. I will make one.
  
• I forgive myself and others, release the past and move forward with love in my heart.
  
• I love and approve of myself, am at peace with my own feelings and stand tall and free.
  
• If I can endure for this minute whatever is happening to me No matter how heavy my heart is or how dark the moment might be...If I can but keep on believing what I know in my heart to be true, That darkness will fade with morning and that this will pass away, too...Then nothing can ever disturb me or fill me with uncertain fear, For as sure as night brings dawning, my morning is bound to appear...
  
• I will persist until I succeed
  
• I will dwell on the positive affirmations and things in my life, and they will become my aspiration.
  
• My free time can be used creatively, inventively, and imaginatively. I do not need to use it for routine habits, which are unimportant and unhealthy.
  
• I will be patient in steadily working toward my goal, remembering that all good comes in time.
  
• I will hold on. I will be brave. I am almost there. I will never give up.
  
• I will not feel guilty for caring for myself.
  
• I am grateful for who I am.
  
• I will resist anything that takes me off the chosen path of recovery.
  
• When I put force and energy behind something, the results are powerful.
  
• The more things I plan to do the more energy I will have.
  
• I am in charge. I am responsible for the direction of my boat.
  
• No one can make me a victim unless I allow them to.
  
• Anger hurts more than the person I feel rage toward. I will let go and move on. Life is too valuable to get stuck.
  
• I am naturally beautiful when I am myself.
  
• All that we are is a result of what we have thought.
  
• Focusing on the present moment will make me less anxious
• I am meant to be very different from everyone else. This releases the burden of feeling like I have to be someone other than me.
  
• Today is the beginning of the rest of my life. It is a clean slate. I will begin it totally refreshed and just live it.
  
• If I expect recovery to be easy, I will become frustrated. The easy stuff doesn't teach us much what is difficult and challenging enhances my growth
• I will be proud of my strengths and nurture them.
  
• What I do today may have a profound impact on my life tomorrow. I willbe the best person I can be today.
  
• I will surround myself with people who are affirming and encouraging.
• I appreciate and am grateful for all the help I get along the way as I try to stay on course.
  
• I have faith in family friends and myself. I have faith in this world.
  
• I have faith in my process of recovery.
  
• Thoughts provoke action. I will think healthy thoughts to provoke healthier actions.
  
• I will live my life in the way I want to be remembered.
  
• Negative thoughts will NEVER help; they will ALWAYS hurt me.
  
• I am not in control of others, but I am in control of myself.
  
• When I am content to simply be myself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect me.
  
• I will never please everyone and that's okay.
  
• I am proud of myself for all I have accomplished no matter how small or great.
  
• I will not let the lessons or experiences of the past dampen my enthusiasm for new beginnings.
  
• One step at a time. That is how I will get where I am going.
  
• I am ready to heal my heart. I am deserving of this.
  
• Today I take time to inhale peace and exhale fear.
  
• Facing and feeling my fears will empower me to move on.
  
• I am doing better than I think.
  
• Reward yourself often. When you accomplish a particular task. When you have gone through a grueling part of your healing process. Reward yourself during the frustrating times just for being patient. Sometimes,reward yourself for just being you.
  
• I believe I deserve love.
  
• I can recognize the desire in my heart to recover.
  
• I deserve to recover.
  
• I am the first person who needs to like me.
  
• I cannot climb uphill by thinking downhill thoughts.
  
• I can move away from self-defeating habits.
  
• I have choices. I can choose new responses to old situations. I can learn to recognize my true needs and choose positive ways of satisfying them. I can choose recovery-NOW!
  
• I will aim to follow my meal plan and let life happen.
  
• I need care and attention. I am responsible for seeing that this need is met.
  
• I will give myself the care and attention I need.
  
• Freedom from my eating disorder clears away the depression and inertia that prevents me from identifying and going after my deepest hearts desire.
  
• Whatever my weight today, I am a worthwhile person with valuable contributions to make to those around me.
  
• I am not finished growing, changing and evolving.
  
• My actions today will build good memories for tomorrow.
  
• I have the will, strength and desire to continue working on recovery.