Step Nine Making Amends
Step 9, influences healing and personal growth. 🌟 ‘Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do…
*****Welcome Home
Read More
A Promise that Came True
Promise Ten: “Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.”(The Promises are from pages 83-84 of the Big…
Fun and Fast: The Tool of Writing
May 26, 2026 “Sometimes I end up on Lonely Lane, and by the time I realize I’m headed for the…
Do You Hear Me?
Do you hear me?There are timesI doubt,but…I know You do.My crazy braincan make me believe thingsthat are not true,but…You have…
Finding My Own Higher Power
I have no trouble using the word God. Sometimes I also use Source or the Universe. My relationship with a…
A Measure of Trust…
At my first OA meeting in hearing the word God, it really turned me off. Then in hearing about giving…
Using the Concepts in my Life
Concept 4: The right of participation ensures equality of opportunity for all in the decision-making process. – Spiritual Principle: Equality….
Responsibility and the Price of Service -Concept 6
The World Service Business Conference has entrusted the Board of Trustees with the primary responsibility for the administration of Overeaters…
Imagine Abstinence
imagine being so aligned with God’s willthat even what you eat becomes a wayto glorify Him. i can. that’s the…
Opening our Mind to Consideration – Concept 5
Individuals have the right of appeal and petition in order to ensure that their opinions and personal grievances will be…
Spotlight On Two-Way Prayer
My entire OA recovery has been online, My “home” meeting is called “On Awakening”, and it is a two-way prayer…
Surrenderol: Wonder Drug?
The following “ad” is a tongue-in-cheek parody. Surrenderol® is an amazing new state of mind achieved by working the 12…
The Five Contemplations
I am not Buddhist, nor religious, but I came across a Buddhist concept that has become a helpful part of…
The Spiritual Principle of Step 6: Willingness
Recently, while taking a couple of sponsees through Steps 1 to 3, I found myself reflecting on something simple yet…
Higher Power: An Original Song
A song written for the ESH Newsletter, and for all fellow OAs, who have the love for their Higher Power…