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The Gift of Sponsorship

My name is Laurie, and I’m a recovering compulsive overeater. I’ve been thinking about gratitude a lot lately. The focus…

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What Sponsoring has Meant to My Recovery

Being Sponsored In OA meetings where the Tools of Recovery are read I heard about the suggestion to get a…

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A Sponsor’s Tool Box

OA Holiday Workshop: Sponsorship DayGetting a Newcomer Started & Other General Information for Sponsors Source: OA.org©2016 Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. All…

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Sponsorship

I reach out my palm and you touch my heart.Together we make a valiant start.We guard against any halfway measureAs…

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STEP[9] Right Up! Latest Edition: September

We are delighted to bring you another edition of the Experience, Strength & Hope Newsletter for September 2024! The theme…

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Step Nine Musings…

If Love is a principle, loving is its practice. This speaks to the heart of Step Nine. Being able to…

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STEP-8 Right Up! Read all about it!

Our latest edition of the Newsletter has hit the stands! August 14th Edition is all about Step 8 – Tradition…

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Step 8: Self Discipline in Action

Step 8: “Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.”…

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JULY 14, 2024 QUARTERLY EDITION Hot off the press!! The Experience, Strength & Hope Newsletter {ESH} has hit the stands…

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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…

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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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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…

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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…

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Becoming Lovable

“We will love you until you can love yourself.” – Program Slogan I was entirely convinced that I was unlovable…

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Love Mantra

“Love and revere God, love and revere self, love and revere others, love and revere space and time. Refuse to…

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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…

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