Grief & Loss – using my tools
“Acceptance is the answer to all of my problems today…” -Alcoholics Anonymous 3rd Edition page 417. © 2026 by Alcoholics…
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The Tools I Didn’t Realize I Was Using
When I saw that this month’s topic was the Tools of Recovery, I was intrigued. Although I’ve been in OA for…
Finding My Way in OA as a Newcomer
Walking into my first Overeaters Anonymous meeting took courage. Like many other newcomers, I arrived carrying my shame, fear and…
Concept Nine – Ability
Able, trusted servants, together with sound and appropriate methods of choosing them, are indispensable for effective functioning at all service…
Listen In: Voices of Recovery – Podcast Spotlight
Each issue, we’ll highlight one or two podcasts that reflects the theme of our current ESH publication. This quarter’s featured…
My favorite OA Tool is Service
When I came back to OA, what I hope will be the last time, I told my sponsor I needed…
Question of the Month
What is your favorite tool in OA and Why? The 9 tools of recovery are: Plan of Eating; Sponsorship; Writing;…
Spotlight on the Creative Reprieve Meetings
Imagine beginning each day by setting aside the busyness of life, taking a deep breath, and spending time with your…
An Action Plan for Recovering from Surgery
April 7, 2025 The most important thing I have done is surrender the outcome of my surgery to my Higher…
Many Ways to Serve
April 1, 2020 There are so many ways to give service in OA and pay forward all we have so…
Different Ways of Finding Recovery
February 1, 2018 Thank you, OA, for embracing and encouraging diversity. No matter where I am in my recovery process,…
I Dread the Human Element (Telephone, Sponsorship, and Service), but I Do It Anyway to Keep My Recovery
September 24, 2025 One day at a time, I’m working on honesty. Fun? Not particularly, but the freedom tastes much…
My New Normal
My name is Millie, I am a recovered compulsive eater, recovered from a hopeless state of mind and body –…
Service is a MUST
“Overeaters Anonymous is built on a foundation of sharing our experience Strength, and hope, one member to another. As OA…