Step 10, One Day at a Time
I thank my higher power every day for my daily 10th-Step practice. Even when I am not abstinent, the structure…
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Step 11: Learning to Listen
My first Step sponsor told me I could begin to practice Step Eleven early in my OA program. I did…
Listen In: Voices of Recovery – Podcast Spotlight
Each issue, we’ll highlight one or two podcasts that reflects the theme of our current ESH publication. This quarter’s featured…
May the 14th Be With You…Step 4
“…by setting down our grievances in black and white, we place a boundary around them.” -The Twelve Steps and Twelve…
Made Possible
In times of fear and doubt, I can remember to ground myself in the fact of my abstinence. It’s simple:…
Choosing Words That Bring Me Closer to My Higher Power
As I’ve worked my way through the Steps, I’ve come to know some of the prayers associated with certain Steps….
Step 7: Right Actions
I’ve been reading and studying Steps Six and Seven in the past weeks. I’ve become particularly watchful and aware of…
Concept Practices
Hi, I am a compulsive overeater and have been in OA for twenty-six years. I have been abstinent for almost…
An Anorexic/Bulimic/Exercise Addict’s Road to Recovery
I am Bryan V., a grateful compulsive overeater, anorexic, bulimic, and exercise addict from the Inland Empire Intergroup of OA….
The Twelve Steps Transformed My Anger, Resentment, and Fear Into Serenity
Fear, anger, resentment—I was looking for a connection among these three emotions because they kept nudging against my serenity. I…
Group Checklist: Practicing the Eleventh Tradition
Source: Checklist adapted from “The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous”, Second Edition (p. 162)Lifeline: Stories of Recovery,…
A Daily Prayer
Grant me the serenityTo accept all things I cannot change;The courage to change the things I can;And wisdom to know…