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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…

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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…

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900 Days!

I have spent the last 900 days working really hard to change my life. Those changes include improving my mental,…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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.“…

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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…

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Step 8: Connection Bridge

Step Eight: Made a list of all persons we had harmed and become willing to make amends to them all….

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Step 8: Body Talk

After being abstinent for a few years and keeping off 75 pounds (34 kg), I have a special Eighth Step…

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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…

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The Beautiful Dandelion

A weed… “a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, growing where it conflicts with human preferences, needs, or goals.“…

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A New Member Shares…

“Who would have thought, when I entered my first OA meeting six months ago, that my life was going to…

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We Relax and Take It Easy.

We relax and take it easy. We don’t struggle. —AA Big Book p. 86

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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

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May the 14th Be With You!

“By setting down our grievances in black and white, we set a boundary around them.” – 12 & 12 of…

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