When I was Lonely, Food was my Friend
“When I was lonely, food was my friend. It soothed and comforted me and filled the hole that was there when I…
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They Loved Me Until I Could Love Myself
“Many OA people loved me until I learned to love myself.”– Voices of Recovery, pg 142 This has been such…
Love Mantra
“Love and revere God, love and revere self, love and revere others, love and revere space and time. Refuse to…
Isolating Myself from the Pain of Living
“Fat was only the physical manifestation of the cocoon I had built to isolate myself from the pain of living.”…
I Needed to Control My Food
“Just as being an alcoholic is not related to the amount one drinks, being a compulsive overeater is not related to…
Self Love is an Action
What a great topic! It’s critical that I learn to let self-love be my default setting. If I hold love…
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…
Spotlight on ESH Meeting
We are delighted to announce a new meeting on OA Foot Steps, an off shoot of this Experience, Strength &…
AFFIRMATIONS
BODY SELF SEX & RELATED ISSUES SOURCE: These affirmations are from a Women’s Self, Sexuality, & Body Issues OA meeting….
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
Love & Service
Love and service.These are, I sense, one and the same.Love, without service, is illusory.Service, without love, is cold. True service…
A New Member Shares…
“Who would have thought, when I entered my first OA meeting six months ago, that my life was going to…
OA Acronyms
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Question of the Month
How have you learned to love yourself? Combating insecurity, self sabotage & self destructive behaviors. I haven’t learned to love…
Interview with Renee – Chair of OA Foot Steps
Renee is the Chair of OA Foot Steps, World Service delegate of the Unity with Diversity Committee, and is on…