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Upcoming Elections

By admin
3 weeks ago
in :  Fellowship, OA Foot Steps VIG, Service, Spiritual Program, The Twelve Traditions of OA, Welcome Home, Working the Program
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I would like to talk on behalf of Traditions One and Two. Beginning in April of 1946, in the  Grapevine, Bill Wilson began to expound on what he called “The Twelve Points to Assure our Future’’. These became known as the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, and eventually, our own adopted Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous. The First Tradition states “Our …

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New Options

By admin
3 weeks ago
in :  How it Works, HP, Sponsorship, The Twelve Steps of OA, The Twelve Traditions of OA, TOOLS
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Before I found OA, food was my answer to everything and anything. If I had a problem, I would eat. Uncomfortable feelings meant more food. After spending time in OA, I came to believe and accept that food is an ineffective means of coping. Using food to cope is no longer an option for me. Now, I eat to live, …

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JANUARY: Message from the Chair

By admin
3 weeks ago
in :  OA Foot Steps VIG, What's new at OAFS
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Hello VIG, friends!  All are welcome to attend the monthly OA Foot Steps Virtual Intergroup (VIG) business meeting, which is held on Sunday January 15 at 3PM EST. For VIG meeting details click HERE World Service Business Conference {WSBC} We are looking for qualified Delegates to send in person to WSBC. Click here for more info! Qualifications are: One year of …

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Your Newsletter wants to hear from you!

By admin
3 weeks ago
in :  Fellowship, Service, Welcome Home, What's new at OAFS, Writing
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This newsletter will always be YOUR newsletter. But it is MOST your newsletter when itscontributions come from you, the members of OA Foot Steps vituual Intergroup. It doesn’t have to be a long, detailed article (though it certainly can be). Please feel free to:• Share your favorite acronyms• Write some new acronyms• Share your favorite slogans• Write some new slogans• …

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Power and Powerlessness

By admin
3 weeks ago
in :  Spiritual Program, The Twelve Steps of OA, Welcome Home, Writing
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My sponsor asked me to write on these two questions: Jessica K. Source: oceanandbay.org

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New Year’s Solution

By admin
3 weeks ago
in :  Daily Reprieve, Fellowship, Meetings, The Twelve Steps of OA, Welcome Home, Working the Program
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We recover together or not at all. This is the “we” in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.OA is not an “I” program. I tried the “I” program. It was all I knew; wasn’t I supposed to apply mywill to problems and overcome them? But my food issues were impervious to my efforts. I wasstuck. And I stayed stuck until …

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Renewed Humility, New Peace

By admin
3 weeks ago
in :  Relapse & Recovery, The Twelve Steps of OA, Welcome Home, Willingness
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I am a returning member, back in OA after many relapses over the past fourteen years. Earlier this year, after almost a year of abstinent recovery and losing two thirds of the weight I need to lose for my health, I began experiencing painful and disturbing digestive symptoms. It took months for doctors to diagnose the trouble, and in the …

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Mindful Eating Q&A

By admin
3 weeks ago
in :  A Plan of Eating, First 30 Days, How it Works, The Twelve Steps of OA, Welcome Home, Working the Program
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Do you have a well-defined food plan? I do. Who helped you define your food plan? We had a suggested food plan in those days (1978)called Blue Sheet (it was on blue paper). I found balance in that plan and a guide to follow forthis defiant compulsive overeater. As time passed the amounts changed slightly and I found thisplan became …

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15 Questions

By admin
August 14, 2021
in :  ABOUT OA, NEWCOMERS
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Step One

By admin
August 14, 2021
in :  NEWCOMERS, The Twelve Steps of OA, Working the Program
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