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The Twelve Steps of OA

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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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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Step One

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

By admin
August 14, 2021
in :  Recovery Around the World, Spiritual Program, Sponsorship, The Twelve Steps of OA, Working the Program
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There it was. I had done the first three Steps with my sponsor and we both knew what was coming next. He knew it was going to be a big step in my recovery, but to me it looked more like a pending emotional breakdown. Turns out he was right. I had built a pretty good system of denial and …

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Agnostic in the Lifeboat

By admin
August 14, 2021
in :  Atheists & Agnostics, Higher Power, HP, Spiritual Program, The Twelve Steps of OA, Working the Program
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The first thing I ever identified with in the Big Book was the chapter “We Agnostics” (Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., pp. 44–57). I loved everything about it and still do. I love that the title says “We.” I love how the chapter is compassionate and understanding and does not talk down to anyone. When I first read it, I felt …

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