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    Celebrating Six Years of OA Foot Steps – A Message from our Chair

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Chips of a Different Kind

As I approach 6 years of abstinence, I think of the changes that have happened in my life. Sometimes I…

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Focus & Routine

Before OA, my total focus and routine always was on food. For almost 57 years it was my main focus;…

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Thought for Today

When we practice living in harmony with our world, we become wiser about choosing our battles. We learn where to…

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Today I will…

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New Year’s Solution

We recover together or not at all. This is the “we” in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.OA is not…

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