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I Can’t Play a Symphony alone!

By admin
April 14, 2023
in :  Compulsive Overeating, First 30 Days, Higher Power, Recovery Around the World, Relapse & Recovery, Welcome Home, Working the Program
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Last month I returned to a city across the country. While listening to the overture backstage, I waited for the symphony to begin. I watched the fluid movements of my colleagues perform the delicate and different movements onstage. Their lifetime of attention, discipline and service was enabling sublime music-making that lifted my soul. I exhaled with relief. I recalled being …

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Celebrating You!

By admin
April 13, 2023
in :  Compulsive Overeating, Higher Power, RECOVERY, Recovery Around the World, Spiritual Program, Welcome Home, Working the Program
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Celebrating OA Foot Steps 4 year Anniversary! OA Foot Steps is celebrating 4 years. It has helped thousands of Compulsive Eaters and in turn has been supported by thousands of members. Our community is unique and yet we all share a common goal: To help the still suffering compulsive eater. Today, we celebrate You and our Fellowship. Happy Birthday OA …

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An interview with one of the founders of OA Foot Steps

By admin
April 13, 2023
in :  ABOUT OA, Compulsive Overeating, Fellowship, OA Foot Steps VIG, RECOVERY, Relationships, Service, Welcome Home, Working the Program
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Q: What is your story with Compulsive Eating? A: I have always been a compulsive eater. When I was 1.5 years old, my mom put these sweets, baked by my aunt, in front of me to keep me quiet while she was cutting my hair. Next thing you know, I was drunk as a skunk as these were Rum balls. …

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Spotlight on the Twelve Steps Within (TSW)

By admin
April 13, 2023
in :  Fellowship, OA Foot Steps VIG, Service, The Twelve Concepts of Service, Welcome Home, What's new at OAFS, Working the Program
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TSW is the Twelfth Steps Within committee. The goals of the committee are to provide services to members that will help keep them from relapse, and also help them if they do come back after relapse. The committee will be doing at least one workshop each quarter. TSW also hosts 15 week Step Studies. We are in the process of organizing two …

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Rule 62: Don’t Take the Cash Too Seriously

By admin
April 13, 2023
in :  RECOVERY, Welcome Home
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2 figurines jumping out of car with dollar bill & 1 corner folded with advertisement showing on the back

We were young, we were abstinent, and we were driving home from a meeting inSteve’s little sports car. It had been a discussion meeting and the topic hadsomehow come around to money. Steve was noting that someone had misquoteda famous quote. They had said: “Money is the root of all evil.” Steve said the actualwords are: “Lust for money is …

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My Recovery Miracle

By admin
April 13, 2023
in :  ABOUT OA, RECOVERY, The Twelve Steps of OA, Welcome Home
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Clouds with light shinning from R of Recovery

When I was in my disease and eating compulsively, I was preoccupied with food. Iwas obsessed with diets and my weight. There was no reprieve from the insanethoughts that pervaded my mind. Everything centered around the next binge,hoarding and hiding provisions, a warped body image, and eventually how much Icould restrict.Every diet was followed by demoralization, depression, and disillusion. I …

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Upcoming Elections

By admin
January 13, 2023
in :  Fellowship, OA Foot Steps VIG, Service, Spiritual Program, The Twelve Traditions of OA, Welcome Home, Working the Program
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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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Slipping & Sliding – New Resolve!

By admin
January 13, 2023
in :  ABSTINENCE, Anorexia & Bulimia, Compulsive Overeating, RELAPSE, Willingness, Working the Program
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I was introduced to OA in 1987 following outpatient therapy for binge eating, overeating, and bulimia, so I was already armed with a food plan and an understanding of the First Step when I “jumpstarted” into the program. The miracle of abstinence led to a new spiritual life, and OA saved me from the insanity of my disease. I was …

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Your Newsletter Wants To Hear From You!

By admin
January 13, 2023
in :  Fellowship, Service, Welcome Home, What's new at OAFS, Writing
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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 Virtual Intergroup. It doesn’t have to be a long, detailed article (though it certainly can be up to 500 words). Here are some ideas: It can be done anonymously or be credited (last initial only please)Click …

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New Year’s Solution

By admin
January 13, 2023
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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  • Celebrating You!
  • An interview with one of the founders of OA Foot Steps
  • Spotlight on the Twelve Steps Within (TSW)
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  • Rule 62: Don’t Take the Cash Too Seriously
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