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The Twelve Steps of OA

My Recovery Miracle

By admin
April 13, 2023
in :  ABOUT OA, RECOVERY, The Twelve Steps of OA, Welcome Home
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Clouds with light shinning from R of Recovery

When I was in my disease and eating compulsively, I was preoccupied with food. Iwas obsessed with diets and my weight. There was no reprieve from the insanethoughts that pervaded my mind. Everything centered around the next binge,hoarding and hiding provisions, a warped body image, and eventually how much Icould restrict.Every diet was followed by demoralization, depression, and disillusion. I …

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Set Aside Prayer

By admin
April 13, 2023
in :  Higher Power, Spiritual Program, The Twelve Steps of OA, TOOLS, Welcome Home
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New Options

By admin
January 13, 2023
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
January 13, 2023
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
January 13, 2023
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
January 13, 2023
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
January 13, 2023
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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