Recovery Reflecting Gratitude I came into Overeaters Anonymous more than nineteen years ago weighing 250 pounds (113 kg). I thought I was one of God’s big…
Recovery Dressing Well I’ve been in OA for four years now, and it has given me more than I ever imagined. I’ve lived around the world working for t…
Recovery Healthy Weight, Healthy Ways Overeaters Anonymous worked when many other attempts to control my eating did not. The proof for me is that I have maintaine…
Recovery Inside and Out It is an interesting question, “How have I adjusted to life at a healthy body weight?” I have almost always been at a health…
Recovery Normal Freedom When I was in the clutches of my disease, I felt so defeated that I began preparing myself for life as an overweight woman. …
Recovery Loving Acceptance My journey in physical recovery has been full of ups and downs, much like the number on my scale before I came into program.…
Recovery Worth Knowing I came into OA in the middle of 2008. At the time I weighed just over 80 kilograms (176 lbs) and was on the way up. It was t…
Recovery Slow, Steady Changes My progress in recovery continues, though not as speedy or constant as I would like. In about five years, I’ve lost 60 pound…
Recovery Race to Recovery The painful body images I carried for more than fifty years of my life have slowly evolved, moving from a fat girl in gym cl…
Ask-It Basket Donations Recently, someone made a sizable donation to our intergroup and specified that the money go toward a public information camp…
How OA Changed My Life Recovery True Freedom When a fellow OA member suggested I reflect on what true freedom looks like for me, I discovered I could probably write a book. Before OA, I truly felt I already had it in the form of a solid career, … Read More
Higher Power Spirituality Stepping-Stones, Nuggets, and Gems Spirituality is the solution to our problem of powerlessness, and we find this solution in the Twelve Step program of recovery. I’ve experienced three stepping-stones in this process: Amen, Amends, Am… Read More
The Road Narrows My twenty-ninth birthday in OA is approaching, and it is cause for renewed reflection about my program. I spoke to my sponsor a week ago and mentioned to her that I was thinking of not taking a candle this year. Other OA members on their birthdays pitch about life changes: weddings, kids, jobs, financial gain, or acquisition of cars. I … Read More
Share It: Powerful Shares, Joyful Reading, Pages and Prayers Powerful Shares I wanted to share how sad I am to hear about the discontinuation of Lifeline. It has literally been a lifeline to me. I am one of the ones who answered your 2018 subscription appeal, and I recently renewed my subscription and will cherish every last issue. Thank you for the articles about “The Joys of Retreats and … Read More
Recovery Beyond Measure In a few days, I will celebrate thirty-eight years of recovery in OA. Today my goal is health, sanity, and wellness, not a size 8. Physically, my body has been a normal size for many years. G-d has removed the compulsion for what I call “the hard stuff”—the stuff you see at the grocery checkout counter. I have reached a … Read More