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…
A Sponsor’s Tool Box
OA Holiday Workshop: Sponsorship DayGetting a Newcomer Started & Other General Information for Sponsors Source: OA.orgLifeline: Stories of Recovery, 2016…
Sponsorship
I reach out my palm and you touch my heart.Together we make a valiant start.We guard against any halfway measureAs…
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…
Step Nine Musings…
If Love is a principle, loving is its practice. This speaks to the heart of Step Nine. Being able to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Love Mantra
“Love and revere God, love and revere self, love and revere others, love and revere space and time. Refuse to…