Alison Earles - Step To Recovery From Food Addiction

Step To Recovery (From Food Addiction) Tune - Waltzing Matilda

Intro
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Verse 1
EOnce A Jolly BSponsor EChopping Up ASome Butternut
EAnswered A Call From A Brave NBewbie
And She PErayed As SheB Chopped And LEistened To The NewAcomer,
Help HEer Take A Step To ReBcovery With MEe!

Chorus
EStep To Recovery, AStep To Recovery,
WilEl You TakC#me A Step To F#mRecovery BWith Me?
And YouE’ll Never BeB Alone, For ETogether We Are ACraving-Free.
Will YouE Take A Step To RecoBvery With Me?E​

Verse 2
EMy Head’s Full Of FBood Noise, ThEe Cravings ArAe Unbearable,
EI’m Scaring My Family, What Can I DBo?
I CEan’t Stop The BiBnging, I’m EDesperate And DiAsgusted,
You SEaid I Should CaBll You, Now What Worked For YEou?

Verse 3
EThe Sponsor BStopped HeEr Chopping Of TAhe Butternut,
EMemories Rising And Gratitude BToo.
God EHelp Me SpBeak And ThaEnk You For RecAovery.
PlEease Help Her SteBp To Recovery WithE Me.

Chorus
EStep To Recovery, AStep To Recovery,
WilEl You TakC#me A Step To F#mRecovery BWith Me?
And You’ll ENever Be AlBone, For TogEether We Are CraAving-Free.
WilEl You Take A SBtep To Recovery WitEh Me?

Verse 4
EI Lived With FBood Noise From CEhildhood Through ADetox,
EI Know The Cravings, The Shame And The FBear.
And EI Know The CBloset FEull Of Clothes That DAo Not Fit.
IE Know The Fear In My FBamily’s Eyes.E​

Verse 5
EI Know The DieBts, The EUps And Downs And FaAilures,
EI Know The Hiding, I Know The LiesB.
And EI Couldn’t StopB Eating TEhe Food I Knew WAas Killing Me.
I CEouldn’t Say When TheB Next Binge WEould End.

Verse 6
EA Friend Once BTold Me “YoEu Might Be AddiActed -
ESome Foods Can Be Like Gin To A DrBunk.
And EYou’re Not AloBne, There Are MEany In RecoveAry
WhoEse Cravings Are OverB – They’re Healthy And SEane.

Chorus
EStep To Recovery, AStep To Recovery,
WilEl You TakC#me A Step To F#mRecovery BWith Me?
And You’ll ENever Be AlBone, For TogEether We Are CraAving-Free.
WilEl You Take A SBtep To Recovery With MEe?

Verse 7
EWhen I Went ToB A Meeting, IE Heard People TAalk About
ETheir Eating Histories – The Failures, The BShame,
But They EAll Were AtB Peace And LEiving At A HeAalthy Weight
TheEy Were So Sure It Could HBappen For Me!E​

Verse 8
EI Read The BigB Book, EI Read TheA 12 And 12,
EKay Sheppard’s Books And Kay Sheppard’s PBlan
With The HEelp Of A SpoBnsor I StEarted An ExpeAriment
JuEst Thirty Days To SeBe What Would EBe.

Verse 9
EThe Detox Was SBhort, The EFood Plan Shut The CrAavings Off
EI Started The Steps – OnBe-Two-Three
And EI Followed DireBctions AnEd Went To Lots AOf Meetings
When ThEirty Days PasBsed I Knew I Could Be FEree.

Chorus
EStep To Recovery, AStep To Recovery,
WilEl You TakC#me A Step To F#mRecovery BWith Me?
And You’ll ENever Be AlBone, For TogEether We Are CraAving-Free.
WilEl You Take A SBtep To Recovery WithE Me?

Verse 10
EI’ve Tried Every DBiet, HypnoEsis, And Some Other ThAings,
EI Think I Am Ready To Try Something NBew.
And EWill You Be My SpBonsor? Will You ShEow Me WhAat To Do?
I’Ed Like To Try An ExpeBriment Too!  E​

Verse 11
EYes! Said ThBe Sponsor,E Look Around Your KiAtchen.
ELet’s Plan Your Meals From NowB Until Bed.
WhenE You Call Me At SevBen We’ll TEalk About TomAorrow’s Food.
I’Ed Love To Step To RecBovery With YoEu!

Chorus
EStep To Recovery, AStep To Recovery,
WilEl You TakC#me A Step To F#mRecovery BWith Me?
And You’ll ENever Be AlBone, For TogEether We Are CraAving-Free.
WilEl You Take A SBtep To Recovery With EMe?