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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Call for Mental Health and OA Recovery Stories
If you are managing a mental health issue and living in recovery, you can give valuable service to the entire…
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JULY 14, 2024 QUARTERLY EDITION Hot off the press!! The Experience, Strength & Hope Newsletter {ESH} has hit the stands…
OA Foot Steps Gratitude Prayer
I am so grateful,For those with me the very first day I joined OA,For the founders who built this path…
The Beautiful Dandelion
A weed… “a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, growing where it conflicts with human preferences, needs, or goals.“…
The Key to Loving Others
“Loving myself was the key to unlocking other people’s heart” What? What does that even mean? My journey to loving…
Becoming Lovable
“We will love you until you can love yourself.” – Program Slogan I was entirely convinced that I was unlovable…
To Eat or Not to Eat
“To eat or not to eat. That was my question.”– Voices of Recovery, pg. 292 {Oct 18th} Food was the…
I Was Like a Child Having a Tantrum
“How many times have I become a controlling person? My life revolved around demanding that everyone do things my way…
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…
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…