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Experience, Strength & Hope Newsletter

Experience, Strength & Hope Newsletter

Sponsored by OA Foot Steps Virtual Intergroup #09670

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  • ABOUT OA
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    • 12 Traditions
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Interview

Finding Recovery and Community: An Interview with Juliet H In a candid conversation, Juliet shared her experiences with compulsive eating…

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Focus & Routine

Before OA, my total focus and routine always was on food. For almost 57 years it was my main focus;…

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Concept Practices

Hi, I am a compulsive overeater and have been in OA for twenty-six years. I have been abstinent for almost…

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Concept Nine

Concept Nine: Able, trusted servants, together with sound and appropriate methods of choosing them, are indispensable for effective functioning at…

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Tradition 8: Labor of Love

I remember when I was new to OA. I sat with my first sponsor, going over my journaling on Step…

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Love & Service

Love and service.These are, I sense, one and the same.Love, without service, is illusory.Service, without love, is cold. True service…

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Interview with Renee – Chair of OA Foot Steps

Renee is the Chair of OA Foot Steps, World Service delegate of the Unity with Diversity Committee, and is on…

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Neurodiverse and Working My Steps

I came into the program about 2 years ago. I knew about OA as I had been in another 12…

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Interview with Monica S – Let’s talk about Diversity.

Monica is the Chair of the PIPO committee of OA Foot Steps, the Co-Chair of Unity with Diversity at World…

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OA Foot Steps Heart Storm

At the last Virtual Intergroup Meeting (VIG), we went into breakout rooms and played with a team building exercise. We…

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An Interview: One of OA Foot Steps Founders

Q: What is your story with Compulsive Eating? A: I have always been a compulsive eater. When I was 1½…

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Spotlight on the Twelve Steps Within (TSW)

TSW is the Twelfth Steps Within committee. The goals of the committee are to provide services to members that will help…

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Upcoming Elections

I would like to talk on behalf of Traditions One and Two. Beginning in April of 1946, in the  Grapevine,…

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Your Newsletter Wants To Hear From You!

This newsletter will always be YOUR newsletter. But it is MOST your newsletter when itscontributions come from you, the members…

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