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Posted on February 1, 2018
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I am nine months into recovery in OA and more happy, joyous, and free than I could ever have imagined. And I do mean ever. My heart bursts with the love I have found for my HP through working the program as written. Yet, at the same time, I am almost crying with pain. It’s pain not unlike the pain of the old days, when I hurt from overeating whilst crying and pleading for this not to be happening again. Today, my tears come from frustration over what I am forced to witness in the rooms of many OA meetings.

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