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By admin
3 weeks ago
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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 …

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Your Newsletter wants to hear from you!

By admin
3 weeks ago
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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• …

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Power and Powerlessness

By admin
3 weeks ago
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My sponsor asked me to write on these two questions: Jessica K. Source: oceanandbay.org

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Questions of the Day & Answers from Yesterday

By admin
3 weeks ago
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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 …

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New Year’s Solution

By admin
3 weeks ago
in :  Daily Reprieve, Fellowship, Meetings, The Twelve Steps of OA, Welcome Home, Working the Program
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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 …

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Higher Power

By admin
3 weeks ago
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Renewed Humility, New Peace

By admin
3 weeks ago
in :  Relapse & Recovery, The Twelve Steps of OA, Welcome Home, Willingness
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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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Spiritual Awareness

By admin
3 weeks ago
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Mindful Eating Q&A

By admin
3 weeks ago
in :  A Plan of Eating, First 30 Days, How it Works, The Twelve Steps of OA, Welcome Home, Working the Program
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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 …

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Happy MOO Year

By admin
3 weeks ago
in :  Fellowship, Higher Power, Welcome Home
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Or, nature’s version of the “I put my hand in yours” prayer:My friend is a dairy farmer. She helped a cow give birth one day, and although the calf washealthy, the mother was stressed and couldn’t get up. When sunset came and she still wasn’trising, my friend put a blanket over her in the field and hoped for the best. …

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