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Higher Power

By admin
January 13, 2023
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Renewed Humility, New Peace

By admin
January 13, 2023
in :  Relapse & Recovery, The Twelve Steps of OA, Welcome Home, Willingness
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I am a returning member, back in OA after many relapses over the past fourteen years. Earlier this year, after almost a year of abstinent recovery and losing two thirds of the weight I need to lose for my health, I began experiencing painful and disturbing digestive symptoms. It took months for doctors to diagnose the trouble, and in the …

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Mindful Eating Q&A

By admin
January 13, 2023
in :  A Plan of Eating, First 30 Days, How it Works, The Twelve Steps of OA, Welcome Home, Working the Program
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Do you have a well-defined food plan? I do. Who helped you define your food plan? We had a suggested food plan in those days (1978)called Blue Sheet (it was on blue paper). I found balance in that plan and a guide to follow forthis defiant compulsive overeater. As time passed the amounts changed slightly and I found thisplan became …

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Spiritual Awareness

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January 13, 2023
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Happy MOO Year

By admin
January 13, 2023
in :  Fellowship, Higher Power, Welcome Home
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Or, nature’s version of the “I put my hand in yours” prayer:My friend is a dairy farmer. She helped a cow give birth one day, and although the calf washealthy, the mother was stressed and couldn’t get up. When sunset came and she still wasn’trising, my friend put a blanket over her in the field and hoped for the best. …

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The Courage to Change the Things I can

By admin
January 13, 2023
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Every time we met, my sponsor insisted that we begin and end with the Serenity Prayer. After one of our meetings, I thought about what it really meant to change the things we can. That moment led to lasting clarity on the power of the recovery. Sitting with this idea that I can change certain things, I pondered what I …

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Soul’s Journey

By admin
September 14, 2021
in :  Atheists & Agnostics, Fellowship, Meetings, Welcome Home
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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 to roam,No place to be,No place to call Home. Reluctantly steppingThrough a digital placeIt is there Soul findsThat resting place.Hope, honesty,These we share,We know Soul,We See you,We care. Hands reach out.Hearts that knowSadness, longing,Soul no longer alone.Keep coming back!Soul, you …

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15 Questions

By admin
August 14, 2021
in :  ABOUT OA, NEWCOMERS
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Blessings

By admin
August 14, 2021
in :  Recovery Around the World, Welcome Home, Willingness, Working the Program
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“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”― Lao Tzu It’s all in the approach.  I have traveled through most of my life expecting things to go a certain way. My way. And there was nothing more infuriating …

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Step One

By admin
August 14, 2021
in :  NEWCOMERS, The Twelve Steps of OA, Working the Program
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