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Experience, Strength & Hope Newsletter

Experience, Strength & Hope Newsletter

Sponsored by OA Foot Steps Virtual Intergroup #09670

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  • ABOUT OA
    • OA Foot Steps VIG
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    • 12 Steps
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      • Step Three
      • Step Four
      • Step Five
      • Step Six
      • Step Seven
      • Step Eight
      • Step Nine
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      • Step Eleven
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    • 12 Traditions
      • Tradition One
      • Tradition Two
      • Tradition Three
      • Tradition Four
      • Tradition Five
      • Tradition Six
      • Tradition Seven
      • Tradition Eight
      • Tradition Nine
      • Tradition Ten
      • Tradition Eleven
      • Tradition Twelve
    • 12 Concepts
      • Concept One
      • Concept Two
      • Concept Three
      • Concept Four
      • Concept Five
      • Concept Six
      • Concept Seven
      • Concept Eight
      • Concept Nine
      • Concept Ten
      • Concept Eleven
      • Concept Twelve
  • RECOVERY
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    • First 30 Days
    • 90/90
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    • Willingness
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    • Relationships
    • Recovery Stories
    • Relapse
    • Keep Coming Back
  • TOOLS
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NEWCOMERS

  • First 30 Days
  • Newcomer
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Surrender

“It was here that we surrendered—admitted we were totally defeated and powerless over food, that we were not now nor…

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  • Compulsive Overeating
  • First 30 Days
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OA Reflects No Diet

OA is known for being a food program not a diet program. What does this mean? Why is the mentality…

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  • Compulsive Overeating
  • How it Works
  • HP
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  • Overeating
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  • Tradition Two
  • Working the Program

Tradition Two Finds Justice

Are you getting fatter and fatter? Do you read diet books, follow nutritional resources, come to OA meetings and still…

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  • A Plan of Eating
  • ABSTINENCE
  • Carry the Message
  • Fellowship
  • Higher Power
  • How it Works
  • HP
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There is Life After Catatonia

When we are constantly put down mentally, physically, and spiritually by the ones who are supposed to love us, it…

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Humility = Harmony with our Higher Power

“Humility… places us neither above nor below other people on some imagined ladder of worth. It places us… on an…

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  • Compulsive Overeating
  • Fellowship
  • How it Works
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  • NEWCOMERS
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  • Our Invitation to You
  • Step One
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  • Telephone
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  • Welcome Home
  • Working the Program
  • Writing

Step One Relief

On May 28, 2017, I attended my first OA meeting. The courage to attend arose when I discovered the pamphlet Maintaining…

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Tradition Two – OA Reel

In Overeaters Anonymous, Tradition 2 reminds us that our indvidual efforts to support unity and shared purpose in OA aligns…

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  • How it Works
  • Principles
  • Tradition One

The Beauty of Tradition One

In January, I read Tradition One. I was reminded that whether at a local meeting, an Intergroup meeting, a Regional…

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Ways You Can Make a Difference: an Invitation to You from the Board of Trustees

Dear OA Member, At this time of year, many of us are reflecting on how we can make a positive…

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Step 12: A culmination of all the Steps

“Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to compulsive overeaters…

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Living in the Solution

“It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed…

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Applied Lessons

I came to my first Twelve Step fellowship and got sober in 1983. G-d put a lovely woman in my…

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  • Welcome Home
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Learning More Each Day

After several starts, I found myself knowing that OA was for me, thanks to the acceptance I got from longtimers…

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Safe Space for Neurodiverse OA Members

I have had issues with food as long as I’ve been alive, I officially have a binging eatingdisorder but have…

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  • Welcome Home

Awake & Aware to Act

“We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our…

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Clarity in Service

“Service responsibility is balanced by carefully defined service authority; therefore, duplication of efforts is avoided.” – Concept TenSpiritual Principle: Clarity…

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