May the 14th Be with You! – Looking Fear in the Face
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face….
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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,…
Step 7 – Humility
Step 7: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Humility is not the absence of self-worth—it’s the presence of self-awareness…
My New Normal
My name is Millie, I am a recovered compulsive eater, recovered from a hopeless state of mind and body –…
A Promise that Came True
Promise Ten: “Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.”(The Promises are from pages 83-84 of the Big…
Imagine Abstinence
imagine being so aligned with God’s willthat even what you eat becomes a wayto glorify Him. i can. that’s the…
Spotlight On Two-Way Prayer
My entire OA recovery has been online, My “home” meeting is called “On Awakening”, and it is a two-way prayer…
Surrenderol: Wonder Drug?
The following “ad” is a tongue-in-cheek parody. Surrenderol® is an amazing new state of mind achieved by working the 12…
The Five Contemplations
I am not Buddhist, nor religious, but I came across a Buddhist concept that has become a helpful part of…
The Spiritual Principle of Step 6: Willingness
Recently, while taking a couple of sponsees through Steps 1 to 3, I found myself reflecting on something simple yet…
Do You Hear Me?
Do you hear me?There are timesI doubt,but…I know You do.My crazy braincan make me believe thingsthat are not true,but…You have…
Higher Power: An Original Song
A song written for the ESH Newsletter, and for all fellow OAs, who have the love for their Higher Power…
Finding My Own Higher Power
I have no trouble using the word God. Sometimes I also use Source or the Universe. My relationship with a…
A Measure of Trust…
At my first OA meeting in hearing the word God, it really turned me off. Then in hearing about giving…
Question of the Month
How does your Higher Power show up for you? My higher power continues to remove my need for food as…
Serenity Statement
I seek the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And Wisdom…