Step 9: More Than Saying “I’m Sorry”
When I first came into recovery, I dreaded Step 9: “Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to…
Humility
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Step 7 – Humility
Step 7: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Humility is not the absence of self-worth—it’s the presence of self-awareness…
The Five Contemplations
I am not Buddhist, nor religious, but I came across a Buddhist concept that has become a helpful part of…
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 12: A culmination of all the Steps
“Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to compulsive overeaters…
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…
Balanced Prescription
My first OA meeting was in 1980. I was a college student, sick from bouts of anorexia and bulimia, and…
May the 14th Be With You!
“Here we experience the great truth that when we let go of our need to control people and simply allow…
