Tradition 8: Fellowship
TRADITION 8: Overeaters Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service center may employ special workers. The principle of Tradition…
RECOVERY
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Call for Mental Health and OA Recovery Stories
If you are managing a mental health issue and living in recovery, you can give valuable service to the entire…
They Loved Me Until I Could Love Myself
“Many OA people loved me until I learned to love myself.”– Voices of Recovery, pg 142 This has been such…
Becoming Lovable
“We will love you until you can love yourself.” – Program Slogan I was entirely convinced that I was unlovable…
To Eat or Not to Eat
“To eat or not to eat. That was my question.”– Voices of Recovery, pg. 292 {Oct 18th} Food was the…
Love Mantra
“Love and revere God, love and revere self, love and revere others, love and revere space and time. Refuse to…
OA Foot Steps Gratitude Prayer
I am so grateful,For those with me the very first day I joined OA,For the founders who built this path…
I Needed to Control My Food
“Just as being an alcoholic is not related to the amount one drinks, being a compulsive overeater is not related to…
Self Love is an Action
What a great topic! It’s critical that I learn to let self-love be my default setting. If I hold love…
12 Stepping a Problem: Self-Love
Today was a tough day. In fact it’s been a tough couple of weeks working in a climate of animosity…
The Beautiful Dandelion
A weed… “a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, growing where it conflicts with human preferences, needs, or goals.“…
I Was Like a Child Having a Tantrum
“How many times have I become a controlling person? My life revolved around demanding that everyone do things my way…
When I was Lonely, Food was my Friend
“When I was lonely, food was my friend. It soothed and comforted me and filled the hole that was there when I…
Spotlight on ESH Meeting
We are delighted to announce a new meeting on OA Foot Steps, an off shoot of this Experience, Strength &…
We make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves in Step 4
We make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves in Step 4
A New Member Shares…
“Who would have thought, when I entered my first OA meeting six months ago, that my life was going to…