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Posted on April 1, 2017
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Newcomers help me remember the desperation that got me into OA. Newcomers remind me how powerful this disease is and how powerless I am over food. When a newcomer is at a meeting, I share my recovery, strength, and hope and stay in the solution. When I take on a newcomer as a sponsee, it is so rewarding. My recovery is boosted by working with sponsees, because I have to be rigorously honest with myself, my own sponsor, and God.

I work this program daily by using the Tools and practicing the Principles. It is humbling to be reminded that our weaknesses, not our strengths, bind us together. To the newcomer, I want to say: This program works; it has saved my life— I never thought I would have sanity, yet I am a miracle. I live a happy, joyous, and free life. My food obsession, sugar addiction, bingeing, and compulsive overeating have been lifted for today. This program is a true gift and works if you work it. Please keep coming back!

—Amber C

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