A New Member Shares…
“Who would have thought, when I entered my first OA meeting six months ago, that my life was going to…
The Twelve Steps of OA
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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
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…
Love & Acceptance are a Journey…
“One of the most wonderful gifts I have received in this program is accepting and even loving myself. This new…
Outreach Around The World
When I first joined OA in 1996 we gathered at the “Lemon Squeezer” church in Victory Park, Johannesburg. It smelled…
My Recovery Miracle
When I was in my disease and eating compulsively, I was preoccupied with food. Iwas obsessed with diets and my…
New Options
Before I found OA, food was my answer to everything and anything. If I had a problem, I would eat….
Power and Powerlessness
My sponsor asked me to write on these two questions: Jessica K. Source: oceanandbay.org
New Year’s Solution
We recover together or not at all. This is the “we” in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.OA is not…
Renewed Humility, New Peace
I am a returning member, back in OA after many relapses over the past fourteen years. Earlier this year, after…
Mindful Eating Q&A
Do you have a well-defined food plan? I do. Who helped you define your food plan? We had a suggested…
Facing It, Feeling It
There it was. I had done the first three Steps with my sponsor and we both knew what was coming…