Interview with Joni B. – A Journey of Recovery and Service
Joni discusses her long journey with compulsive eating and her path to recovery through various programs. She recounts her struggles with dieting,…
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Prayer of St Francis of Assisi
Prayer for Peace and often associated with Step 11: Many members and sponsors suggest using the Prayer of St. Francis…
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Hot off the press!! The Experience, Strength & Hope Newsletter (ESH) has hit the stands with a great collection of…
May the 14th Be With You…
“…The only way to do meditation wrong is not to do it at all” The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions…
Step 11: Learning to Listen
My first Step sponsor told me I could begin to practice Step Eleven early in my OA program. I did…
Rosi’s Prayer by Rosi
Dear Father, Please forgive me for harboring an ungrateful heart filled with fear. Please replace it with a grateful heart…
Abstinence Prayer By Lynm
ABSTINENCE PRAYERGod, today is a new day for me and with You it can be a day ofabstinence; with You…
Step 10, One Day at a Time
I thank my higher power every day for my daily 10th-Step practice. Even when I am not abstinent, the structure…
Personalizing My Footwork
I’ve been in OA for forty-two years and have worked my program in all sorts of ways. For a time,…
Taking Responsibility: Breaking Free from Victimhood
Inspired by the principle in Tradition 7 For much of my life, I lived in a cycle of self-pity and…
Freedom from a Fat Head
I am a compulsive overeater. I once ate myself to well over 600 lbs. I told myself I was just…
The Dark Side of My Disease
One illness, two faces: Compulsive Overeating and Restriction I am a compulsive eater. Most people know me as an overeater,…
What I’ve Learned about Recovery so Far.
Tomorrow will be ten months that I have been abstinent. There are many things I have come to love about…
The Acceptance Prayer
“And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place,…
For the Journey Within – an OA Prayer
An OA PrayerFor the Journey Within God of truth,You know the storm behind my smile—the quiet ache, the heavy fear,the…