New Year’s Solution
We recover together or not at all. This is the “we” in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.OA is not…
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Renewed Humility, New Peace
I am a returning member, back in OA after many relapses over the past fourteen years. Earlier this year, after…
Mindful Eating Q&A
Do you have a well-defined food plan? I do. Who helped you define your food plan? We had a suggested…
Happy MOO Year
Or, nature’s version of the “I put my hand in yours” prayer:My friend is a dairy farmer. She helped a…
The Courage to Change the Things I can
Every time we met, my sponsor insisted that we begin and end with the Serenity Prayer. After one of our…
2021 & 2022 Articles
2021 & 2022 Articles Blessings Step One Facing It, Feeling It Agnostic in the Lifeboat Life After Lifeline STEP ONE:…
Soul’s Journey
There is a journey,A sad taleNot many dare know,Of heartache,The suicide of a soul. Forgotten, toss aside,Abandoned,Frightened and alone,Felt only…
15 Questions
Scan the QR code or visit oa.org/quiz and find out how we can help. Have you answered “yes” to several…
Facing It, Feeling It
There it was. I had done the first three Steps with my sponsor and we both knew what was coming…
Agnostic in the Lifeboat
The first thing I ever identified with in the Big Book was the chapter “We Agnostics” (Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed.,…
Life After Lifeline
Lifeline Magazine Will Live On in OA LiteratureLifeline magazine, our much-beloved “Meeting on the Go,” will see its production come…
STEP ONE: Artist Tile series
Here are my tiles for Steps 1-2…”Give Up.” Here is how I see myself giving up my Self, and beginning…