“I’m Perfectly Sane. I Just Have an Eating Problem”: My Journey to Step Two in Overeaters Anonymous
Step Two: “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” Spiritual Principle: Hope The…
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Tools of Recovery
To celebrate, here are 29 tools of recovery in addition to our nine OA tools: a plan of eating, sponsorship,…
OA Reflects No Diet
OA is known for being a food program not a diet program. What does this mean? Why is the mentality…
Tradition Two Finds Justice
Are you getting fatter and fatter? Do you read diet books, follow nutritional resources, come to OA meetings and still…
There is Life After Catatonia
When we are constantly put down mentally, physically, and spiritually by the ones who are supposed to love us, it…
Humility = Harmony with our Higher Power
“Humility… places us neither above nor below other people on some imagined ladder of worth. It places us… on an…
Step One Relief
On May 28, 2017, I attended my first OA meeting. The courage to attend arose when I discovered the pamphlet Maintaining…
An Idea Whose Time Has Come
It turns out that the ideas I had accepted in working Step One began wielding power over my actions ….
Applied Lessons
I came to my first Twelve Step fellowship and got sober in 1983. G-d put a lovely woman in my…
Learning More Each Day
After several starts, I found myself knowing that OA was for me, thanks to the acceptance I got from longtimers…
Extra! Extra! Read all About It!!
Hot off the press!! The Experience, Strength & Hope Newsletter (ESH) has hit the stands with a great collection of…
Life Transformed
OA not only changed my life but this recovery program also gave me a life worth living. Before I became…
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…
Personalizing My Footwork
I’ve been in OA for forty-two years and have worked my program in all sorts of ways. For a time,…
Step 10: Dirty Laundry
I was in the launderette flicking through one of their magazines when I saw something I quite liked. “This is…