Get Back in your Crate!
Saying no to whims to stay abstinent from compulsive overeating Self-discipline with regard to control of my impulses is central…
The Twelve Steps of OA
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Self-Discipline
Helped me Combat my Impostor Syndrome I always thought I was disciplined, but it was mostly about image. How I…
May the 14th Be With You!
“Here we experience the great truth that when we let go of our need to control people and simply allow…
Question of the Month
How do you use Self-discipline in your life? Thank God that I allow God to educate me in discipline… Today,…
Step 8: Admission and Prayer
Step Eight asks me to own up to who I am in relation to other people and myself. Working with…
Step 8: Amending Fear and Shame
“Step Eight: Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.“…
Step 8: Forgiveness Is Not Necessary
STEP 8-Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. I…
Step 8: Connection Bridge
Step Eight: Made a list of all persons we had harmed and become willing to make amends to them all….
Step 8: Body Talk
After being abstinent for a few years and keeping off 75 pounds (34 kg), I have a special Eighth Step…
12 Stepping a Problem: Self-Love
Today was a tough day. In fact it’s been a tough couple of weeks working in a climate of animosity…
The Beautiful Dandelion
A weed… “a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, growing where it conflicts with human preferences, needs, or goals.“…
A New Member Shares…
“Who would have thought, when I entered my first OA meeting six months ago, that my life was going to…
We Relax and Take It Easy.
We relax and take it easy. We don’t struggle. —AA Big Book p. 86
We make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves in Step 4
We make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves in Step 4
May the 14th Be With You!
“By setting down our grievances in black and white, we set a boundary around them.” – 12 & 12 of…