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By admin
3 weeks ago
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
3 weeks ago
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
3 weeks ago
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 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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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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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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The Courage to Change the Things I can

By admin
3 weeks ago
in :  Fellowship, Higher Power, Spiritual Program, Welcome Home
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Every time we met, my sponsor insisted that we begin and end with the Serenity Prayer. After one of our meetings, I thought about what it really meant to change the things we can. That moment led to lasting clarity on the power of the recovery. Sitting with this idea that I can change certain things, I pondered what I …

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Soul’s Journey

By admin
September 14, 2021
in :  Atheists & Agnostics, Fellowship, Meetings, Welcome Home
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There is a journey,A sad taleNot many dare know,Of heartache,The suicide of a soul. Forgotten, toss aside,Abandoned,Frightened and alone,Felt only to roam,No place to be,No place to call Home. Reluctantly steppingThrough a digital placeIt is there Soul findsThat resting place.Hope, honesty,These we share,We know Soul,We See you,We care. Hands reach out.Hearts that knowSadness, longing,Soul no longer alone.Keep coming back!Soul, you …

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Blessings

By admin
August 14, 2021
in :  Recovery Around the World, Welcome Home, Willingness, Working the Program
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“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”― Lao Tzu It’s all in the approach.  I have traveled through most of my life expecting things to go a certain way. My way. And there was nothing more infuriating …

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Step One

By admin
August 14, 2021
in :  NEWCOMERS, The Twelve Steps of OA, Working the Program
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