I would like to talk on behalf of Traditions One and Two. Beginning in April of 1946, in the Grapevine, Bill Wilson began to expound on what he called “The Twelve Points to Assure our Future’’. These became known as the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, and eventually, our own adopted Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous. The First Tradition states “Our …
Before I found OA, food was my answer to everything and anything. If I had a problem, I would eat. Uncomfortable feelings meant more food. After spending time in OA, I came to believe and accept that food is an ineffective means of coping. Using food to cope is no longer an option for me. Now, I eat to live, …
This newsletter will always be YOUR newsletter. But it is MOST your newsletter when itscontributions come from you, the members of OA Foot Steps vituual Intergroup. It doesn’t have to be a long, detailed article (though it certainly can be). Please feel free to:• Share your favorite acronyms• Write some new acronyms• Share your favorite slogans• Write some new slogans• …
My sponsor asked me to write on these two questions: Jessica K. Source: oceanandbay.org
What are your New Year’s Solution instead of New Year’s Resolutions? My solution is to continue showing up for myself actively through meetings, outreach and working the steps. Jennifer B. CA 2023 I was full of New Year’s resolutions before recovery. Today. my New Year’s resolution is not to have any New Year’s resolutions. The program has taught me to …
We recover together or not at all. This is the “we” in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.OA is not an “I” program. I tried the “I” program. It was all I knew; wasn’t I supposed to apply mywill to problems and overcome them? But my food issues were impervious to my efforts. I wasstuck. And I stayed stuck until …
I am a returning member, back in OA after many relapses over the past fourteen years. Earlier this year, after almost a year of abstinent recovery and losing two thirds of the weight I need to lose for my health, I began experiencing painful and disturbing digestive symptoms. It took months for doctors to diagnose the trouble, and in the …
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Do you have a well-defined food plan? I do. Who helped you define your food plan? We had a suggested food plan in those days (1978)called Blue Sheet (it was on blue paper). I found balance in that plan and a guide to follow forthis defiant compulsive overeater. As time passed the amounts changed slightly and I found thisplan became …
