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    Concept Four

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    Anew

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Following the Way

Two-Way Prayer Higher Power, I seek your guidance as I step into Your Way. Dearest Child, Bright Star of my…

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A Higher Place {HP} Prayer

I seek a Higher PlaceUpon which to perch my being.I rest my thoughts upon You,Sweet solace of my soul,As You…

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  • HP
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Self-Discipline

Helped me Combat my Impostor Syndrome I always thought I was disciplined, but it was mostly about image. How I…

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900 Days!

I have spent the last 900 days working really hard to change my life. Those changes include improving my mental,…

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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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Obsessing to Get it Right

I was talking to my sponsors about my eagerness to move on to doing the steps and she suggested that…

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Step Eight Prayer

Higher Power of my own understanding,Infinite Radiance of All that IS,I seek your assistanceAs I count all thoseWhom I have…

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Get Back in your Crate!

Saying no to whims to stay abstinent from compulsive overeating Self-discipline with regard to control of my impulses is central…

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May the 14th Be With You!

“Here we experience the great truth that when we let go of our need to control people and simply allow…

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Question of the Month

How do you use Self-discipline in your life? Thank God that I allow God to educate me in discipline… Today,…

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Want List

Food tortured me from youth until I was 73 years old. It took me thirty years to make Step One….

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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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OA Foot Steps Gratitude Prayer 

I am so grateful,For those with me the very first day I joined OA,For the founders who built this path…

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Isolating Myself from the Pain of Living

“Fat was only the physical manifestation of the cocoon I had built to isolate myself from the pain of living.”…

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Higher Power Prayer

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I Needed to Control My Food

“Just as being an alcoholic is not related to the amount one drinks, being a compulsive overeater is not related to…

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